Service Details

Boarded Lusitania as 1st class with his parents Paul and Constance (nee Schwaibe) and siblings Stephen (14) Alberta (12) Catherine (10) Romily (9) John (6). On May 7, 1915, Lusitania was struck by a German torpedo in the Mid-Atlantic ocean. The whole family including their nurse Dorothy Allen perished in the sinking. Peter's body was recovered as well as his two older brothers'.

The Story

1. The oldest child/sibling Stephen was born in Russia.
2. The family was British by nationality.
3. The 2nd child Alberta was born in New York
4. The 3rd child/sibling Catherine was born in London