The Prichard Letters

This collection of letters concerning the last moments of second-cabin passenger Richard Preston Prichard aboard the Lusitania have kindly been made available through the Imperial War Museum. To obtain your own copy, in their original handwriting, please contact Tony Richards at <docs@iwm.org.uk>

Shortly after the Lusitania sinking, Richard’s brother Mostyn went to to Queenstown to look for his body but found nothing. Subsequently, his mother Gertrude tracked down every survivor, relatives of those on board, and Cunard Company staff she could and wrote them in hopes that they would be able to illuminate what happened to Richard in the ship’s final moments.

The editor has made an effort to transcribe the letters with their original spellings and punctuation. More letters will be added to the website as they are transcribed.

• Item 223: Letter to M. Allès, dated 21 June 1915
• Item 224: Letter from Catherine Aindow, dated 20 December 1915
• Item 225: Undated letter concerning Jeanie Fyfe and Cyril Wallace
• Item 226: Letter from J.W. Bilbrough, dated 8 September 1915
• Item 227: Letter from J.W. Bilbrough, dated 4 November 1915
• Item 228: Letter from Julia Bishop, dated 7 January 1916
• Item 229: Letter from Julia Bishop, dated 20 March 1916
• Item 230: Letter from Julia Bishop dated 15 March 1916
• Item 231: Letter from Ethel Black dated 10 February 1916
• Item 232: Letter from W. Wilson Burns for Gladys Bilicke dated 6 March 1916
• Item 233: Letter from William H. Chapman concerning William Mustoe Kinch, dated 28 February 1917
• Item 234: Letter from William H. Chapman concerning Arthur Gadsden, dated 29 May 1917
• Item 235: Letter from Robert Chisholm, dated 2 June 1915
• Item 236: Letter from Robert Chisholm, dated 7 June 1915
• Item 237: Letter from Howard Cross concerning Ambrose Cross, dated 16 November 1915
• Item 238: Letter from Mary Cryer mentioning Harriet Plank, dated 8 May 1916
• Item 239: Letter from M. Deiner mentioning Christopher Griffiths, dated 30 June 1916
• Item 240: Letter from Doris Denton, dated 22 July possibly 1915
• Item 241: Letter from Fowler & Fowler concerning Annie Elliot, dated 22 October 1915
• Item 242: Letter from Sister Francis, dated 10 November 1915
• Item 243: Letter from F. Freeman concerning his son and daughter-in-law, dated 23 October 1915
• Item 244: Letter from Mary Garry concerning Dr. Joseph Garry, dated 13 November 1915
• Item 245: Letter from Mary Garry concerning Dr. Joseph Garry, Thomas Sumner, and Grace French, dated 23 February 1916
• Item 246: Letter from Mary Garry concerning Drs. Joseph Garry and James McDermott, Jane Hogan and William Hendry, dated 26 January 1916