History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
David McCormick (1895 – ?), 20, was the assistant radio operator of the Lusitania on that ship’s last voyage, serving with Robert Leith. McCormick had been in the radio room when the ship was torpedoed. He and Leith stayed at their posts to send out distress signals until no more could be done. McCormick had …
William Rankin Le Neve Yetts (1867 – 1915), 48, was a British subject and an able-bodied seaman from Dundee, Scotland, who served in the deck department of the Lusitania on the ship’s last voyage. As of 1915, Yetts lived in New York City, New York, USA. Yetts died when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk …
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John Thomson (1900 – 1915), 15, was a British subject and Scottish national serving as an ordinary seaman for the deck department of the Lusitania on the ship’s final voyage. Thomson was killed when the Lusitania was torpedoed and sunk on 7 May 1915, one of the youngest crew members to be lost in the …
Neil Robertson (1876 – 1955), 39, was a British subject and Scottish national working as an able-bodied seaman in the deck crew of the last voyage of the Lusitania. Robertson survived the sinking when Lusitania was torpedoed by the German submarine U-20 on 7 May 1915, and rescued many from the water by pulling them …
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