Mr. John Davies, Boatswain

John Davies (1852 – 1926), 62, was the boatswain on board the last voyage of the Lusitania, a member of the ship’s deck crew. He was a British subject from Wales. Survivors have noted that during the Lusitania sinking, Davies calmly smoked a pipe and calmed down passengers as he helped load five lifeboats and sent …

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Miss Avis Gertrude Dolphin

Avis Dolphin Second Cabin Passenger Saved [No Picture Provided] Born Avis Gertrude Dolphin 24 August 1902 Rotherham, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom Died 5 February 1996 (age 93) Dolgellau, Meirionnydd, Wales, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 12 Lifeboat 17 Traveling with – Hilda Ellis (nurse) – Sarah Smith (nurse) Citizenship British (Canada) Residence St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada …

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Lady Humphrey Mackworth (Margaret Haig Thomas)

Margaret, Lady Mackworth Saloon Passenger Saved image:  Randy Bryan Bigham Collection. Born Margaret Haig Thomas 12 June 1883 Died 20 July 1958 (age 75) London, England, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 32 Ticket number 46045 Cabin number B 90 Traveling with – David Alfred Thomas (father), – Arnold Rhys-Evans (father’s secretary) Rescued by Bluebell Citizenship …

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Mr. David Alfred Thomas

David Alfred Thomas Saloon Passenger Saved image:  D. A, Thomas Viscount Rhondda, 1921.  Courtesy Mike Poirier. Born David Alfred Thomas 26 March 1856 Ysgyborwen, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom Died 3 July 1918 (age 62) Llanwern, Monmouthshire, Wales, United Kingdom Age on Lusitania 59 Ticket number 46043 Cabin number B 86, B 88 (Parlour Suite) Traveling …

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