History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Ruth Wordsworth, 37, was returning to England aboard Lusitania with her brother Osmund to see their parents in Salisbury, England. Osmund was returning to England to enlist in the British Army. Both brother and sister survived the Lusitania sinking but did not know each other’s fate until they reunited in Ireland. She survived by clinging …
Norman Ratcliff, 36, was a British national from Gillingham, Kent, England, returning home from Hong Kong via Japan, the United States, and Lusitania. Ratcliff entered a port side lifeboat, which was lowered but the ship fell on top of his boat. He was saved from the shipwreck. Ratcliff frequently commuted to and from Hong Kong, …
Captain Alick Scott (1885 – 1915), 29, was an English officer aboard Lusitania who was returning from Asia, presumably to volunteer for the war effort. His ticket number for Lusitania was 171908 and he stayed in cabin B-8. During the Lusitania sinking, Scott stood with Charles Frohman, George Vernon, and Rita Jolivet on the port …
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