Lusitania in 1914/15

[Guest Michael Hall]

I have a postcard picturing the Lusitania in Liverpool and, on the reverse, it is addressed to my late aunt M. Hall (I believe; May) in Cardiff and it reads:

2/2 North Midland Brigade RFA

59th Division

Kingstown

Ireland

Liverpool Thursday

Crossing to Ireland tonight

Cheerio

EHD (or could be ELD)

Write to me address

On the postal franking, the only words legible are Liverpool and May

Do the initials mean anything to anyone?

Does anyone know where Kingstown is?

Does anyone know when that Brigade first went there?

I presume they would not sell postcards of the Lusitania after she sank which was 14.10 on Friday 7th May 1915 so I presume he could have been on board but, if the Brigade had been in Ireland the previous May, it could be then but, again, I don’t know how often she sailed as I presume she was continuing on to America.

[Kath]

Kingstown:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C3%BAn_Laoghaire

Kath.

[historydavid]

Michael, the Lusitania's last voyage was from New York to Liverpool and she was sunk off southern Ireland.

Best wishes

David

[ZackNZ]

Michael

There is heaps of information on the Lusitania. It's sinking angered a huge number of troops - similar response to the executive of Nurse Edith Cavell! An available book that may answer some of your questions is Exploring the Lusitania by Robert D Ballard with Spencer Dunmore - ISBN 0-297-81314-5. Amazon is certain to have copies. The following website is also useful: http://www.geocities.com/titanicandco/lusitania.html

Zack