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Lancashire / Re: The Lusitania Sinking & Philips Park Cemetery
« on: Saturday 16 January 10 13:21 GMT (UK) »
Hello Emms,
Sorry to disturb you sleep,but I asked the questions so I had better answer them.
G A Gilpin was a merchant exporting coffee importing machinery electric trains water pumps etc.
Hinds W J did not sail either by accident or otherwise died in San Salvador 1937
The German government were forced by the allies to compensate relatives of the Lusitania victims after WW1 English seemed to be worth 5000 Dollars Americans 12,500 dollars.So this may have helped Elizas finances also.
To return to the original topic of grave hunting,according to the New York times reports after 4days 147 bodies had been found 43 American or Canadian,1 belgian 1 welsh 3 English 22 crew.Strange since 90% of passengers were English.57 were not identified.The American coffins were draped the the stars and stripes for a photo opportunity.After 6 days there was a funny small in Queenstown so they buried 149 in three graves A B C two layers 25 in each layer.
An American diplomat visited the graves in 1917 and complained that they untended,also the only memorial erected read "Vengance is mine sayeth the Lord"
Do we have another suspect in the "who sunk the Lusitania saga"?
Peter0
Sorry to disturb you sleep,but I asked the questions so I had better answer them.
G A Gilpin was a merchant exporting coffee importing machinery electric trains water pumps etc.
Hinds W J did not sail either by accident or otherwise died in San Salvador 1937
The German government were forced by the allies to compensate relatives of the Lusitania victims after WW1 English seemed to be worth 5000 Dollars Americans 12,500 dollars.So this may have helped Elizas finances also.
To return to the original topic of grave hunting,according to the New York times reports after 4days 147 bodies had been found 43 American or Canadian,1 belgian 1 welsh 3 English 22 crew.Strange since 90% of passengers were English.57 were not identified.The American coffins were draped the the stars and stripes for a photo opportunity.After 6 days there was a funny small in Queenstown so they buried 149 in three graves A B C two layers 25 in each layer.
An American diplomat visited the graves in 1917 and complained that they untended,also the only memorial erected read "Vengance is mine sayeth the Lord"
Do we have another suspect in the "who sunk the Lusitania saga"?
Peter0
