History, Passenger & Crew Biographies, and Lusitania Facts
Father Basil Maturin (1847 – 1915), 68, was a British citizen and Irish national. He was a Roman Catholic chaplain at Oxford University and well-known author of religious books. Father Maturin, on his 1915 voyage of the Lusitania, had just finished a Lenten series at the Church of Our Lady of Lourdes in New York. …
Osmund Wordsworth, 27, was returning to England on the Lusitania to enlist in the British Army. He was traveling with his sister Ruth. During the last minutes of the sinking, he gave his lifebelt to someone else. Even without his lifebelt, Wordsworth managed to escape the wreck and survive. Ruth also survived. Wordsworth was born 17 May …
Ralph Mecredy, 26, was born on 12 July 1888 in Dublin, Ireland to Richard James Mecredy, who was well known in the Irish motor and cycling world. His place of residence was listed as being from Bray, County Wicklow and sometimes Chicago, Illinois, USA or Battle Creek, Michigan, USA. The junior Mecredy and was a physician, …
William McMillan Adams Saloon Passenger Saved William McMillan Adams in 1918. Image Michael Poirier/US National Archives. Born William McMillan Adams 5 September 1895 Paris, France Died 10 May 1986 (age 90) Princeton, New Jersey, United States Age on Lusitania 19 Ticket number 46102 Cabin number D 45 Traveling with Arthur Adams (father) Lifeboat 17 Rescued …
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