History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Thomas Handel Hawkins, 27, was a cellist for the Lusitania‘s band on the ship’s final voyage. He was a British subject. When the ship was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915, Hawkins survived the sinking but lost his cello. Despite “Thomas” being his first name, he is listed on the Cunard …
Ailsa Booth-Jones Second Cabin Passenger Lost Jim Kalafus Collection. Born Ailsa Georgina Booth-Jones 19 December 1906 Bowdon, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom Died 7 May 1915 At sea, RMS Lusitania Age on Lusitania 8 Traveling with –Edward Booth-Jones (father) –Millichamp Booth-Jones (mother) –Percival Booth-Jones (brother) -Albert Smith (family friend) -Gladys Smith (family friend) -Dorothy Smith (family …
Henry “Harry” Pollard, 30, was an inventor traveling aboard Lusitania to sell a formula for poisonous gas to the British Government to aid the war effort. Pollard was a British subject. His ticket aboard Lusitania was 13133 and he was in cabin E-40. Pollard was lost in the Lusitania sinking. The details of his deadly …
George Gilpin (1868 – 1915), 47, was a British export-import merchant who lived and worked in San Salvador, El Salvador. There, he worked in exporting coffee and importing machinery, electric trains, and water pumps among other commodities. George was returning to England to see his mother in Leeds, England, United Kingdom when he was lost …
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