Mr. Ambrose Bentham Cross

Ambrose Cross, 38, was a British subject from London, England, living in the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia, Singapore, and Brunei). He came to the United States via San Francisco, California, aboard the Siberia on 12 April 1915. His ticket for Lusitania was 46126 and his cabin was E-46. Cross survived the Lusitania disaster. Not …

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Mr. Richard Preston Prichard

Richard Preston Prichard, 29, was a medical student at McGill University in Montréal, Quebec, Canada.  He was lost in the Lusitania sinking.  His mother wrote letters to several survivors after the disaster to find out more about what might have happened to him. Prichard had a brother, Mostyn, who lived in Ramsgate. Before sailing on …

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Mr. George William Bilbrough

George Bilbrough, 36, was a British citizen from Smith Falls, Ontario, Canada.  He survived the Lusitania sinking. George shared a room on board Lusitania with Archie Donald and John Wilson.  Bilbrough often played bridge with Wilson, Donald, Thornton Jackson, and Reverend Herbert Gwyer. After the ship sank, Bilbrough found his way onto a damaged collapsible, where he pulled Archie …

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