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Lancashire / Re: The Lusitania Sinking & Philips Park Cemetery
« on: Friday 27 June 08 17:24 BST (UK)  »
Hi Annie

They had only been in Canada since 1914. They were originally from England. The thing is- the body need not be recovered in order to have some sort of memorial stone.

Mike

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Lancashire / Re: The Lusitania Sinking & Philips Park Cemetery
« on: Friday 27 June 08 16:43 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ken

A friend said it might be the Martin-Davey family.

Mike

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Lancashire / Re: The Lusitania Sinking & Philips Park Cemetery
« on: Friday 27 June 08 14:55 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ken-

Yes, sometimes you hear from people once and that is it. I am sure you meet researchers like that all the time. I heard from Cliff. He says he will go through his notes when he gets home. Thanks for the warm welcome.

Very best
Mike

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Lancashire / Re: The Lusitania Sinking & Philips Park Cemetery
« on: Friday 27 June 08 13:44 BST (UK)  »
Hi Ken

Yes, that is all very intriguing. I'll ask my friends Geoff and Cliff. They are in England and would know better than I. I will report back to you with their findings.  Yes, I am one of the trustees with TIS. The quarterly magazine is nice. Color covers, glossy pages, 50-60 pages. Pretty well-rounded- not just Titanic. Lusitania, Olympic, and all the great ships.
Mike

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Lancashire / Re: The Lusitania Sinking & Philips Park Cemetery
« on: Friday 27 June 08 13:02 BST (UK)  »
Hi there-

Thanks for the warm welcome. Oh I know... Time does get away from us. I live in the US and what I do is that I email the UK libraries and ask them to try and find local survivor accounts in a time frame. Sometimes they are very nice and sometimes I never hear from them! There is a Lest We Forget three coming. It fixes any errors in one and two and of course, new and exciting stories and twists of fate.

Do you have the new book- Lusitania- An Illustrated History of the Ship of Splendor by J. Kent Layton. It truly is the best book on the entire history of the ship. Nice testimonials from people who sailed on it during it's career.
We just did a tribute to Lusitania survivor Barbara McDermott in the journal I write for- Voyage. She was the last one with any memories. She was a good friend and I miss her very much.

Hope to help you in the future.
Mike
www.titanicinternationalsociety.org

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Lancashire / Re: The Lusitania Sinking & Philips Park Cemetery
« on: Friday 27 June 08 12:34 BST (UK)  »
Hi-

My name is Mike and I am the author of the Lusitania- Lest We Forget articles. Would it not be easy to just go to the Manchester library and look at the local paper to see the May 1915 coverage? That way you can find out through the funeral notices if any Lusy victim was buried at that cemetery or if any survivors gave any accounts to the local paper?

Mike

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Family History Beginners Board / Re: LUSITANIA
« on: Sunday 21 November 04 14:58 GMT (UK)  »
There is an excellent site with biographies, pictures,
passenger/crew list. Visit
www.rmslusitania.info

For another bio read
www.revdma2.com/Rita.html

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