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Mr. John Roberts, Assistant Engineers’ Mess Steward

John Roberts, 19, was an assistant engineers’ mess steward. He was from Liverpool, England. He died when the Lusitania was lost on 7 May 1915. His body was not recovered or never identified.

John was the son of John and Margaret Roberts, of 19, Maitland St., Liverpool. The parents were known as ‘Grumpa’ and [...]

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Mr. Thomas Brennan, Trimmer

Thomas Brennan was a trimmer aboard Lusitania who survived the sinking. He survived by clinging to wreckage for several hours. His family had not known that he had survived until a week after the disaster. By that time, he had been taken to Cork, Ireland.

Family legend states that Alfred Vanderbilt had seen Brennan [...]

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Mr. Robert Pinkerton, Chief Baker

Robert Pinkerton, 50, was the chief waiter aboard the Lusitania. He was lost in the sinking. Pinkerton had been born in Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland, the son of the late Robert and Margaret Jane Pinkerton. He lived with his wife Eliza Jane Pinkerton (née Clokey) at 40 Linacre Road, Liverpool, England

Contributors: Senan Molony

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Mr. Kenneth MacKenzie, Waiter

Kenneth MacKenzie (or McKenzie), 22, was a waiter lost in the Lusitania disaster. He was from Belfast, County Antrim, Ireland.

Contributors: Senan Molony

References: Molony, Senan. Lusitania: An Irish Tragedy, pg. 95. Mercier Press, 2004.

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