"Hickey/Smith" Lusitania

[andalucia]

I have this for one of my men on Lusitania

CRANK, John Crew: baggage master. (Hickey/Smith: pages 122, 177) Died.

Can anyone tell me what "Hickey/Smith" is please.

many thanks.

Anthony.

[isadore]

Anthony its abook by Des Hiickey and Gus Smith entitled Seven Days to Disaster : The Sinking of the Lusitania

Does your soldier have a grave?

I have some photos from Cobh Cemetery?

Isadore

[andalucia]

Anthony its abook by Des Hiickey and Gus Smith entitled Seven Days to Disaster : The Sinking of the Lusitania

Does your soldier have a grave?

I have some photos from Cobh Cemetery?

Isadore

Hi Isadore

Thank you for explaining what the book was.

I am not sure about where John Crank is buried(if he has a grave) im still looking.

But I have a Fireman John Ford aged 45 buried at Cobh

many thanks

Anthony.

[isadore]

Hi Anthony unfortunatly John Ford is not one of the photos I have

Here is the CWGC Record for John Crank

Name: CRANK, JOHN

Initials: J

Nationality: United Kingdom

Rank: Baggage Master

Regiment/Service: Mercantile Marine

Unit Text: S.S. "Lusitania" (Liverpool)

Age: 31

Date of Death: 07/05/1915

Additional information: Son of John Francis and Elizabeth Crank; husband of Margaret Ellen Crank (nee Parkinson), of 49A, Windsor Rd., Tue Brook, Liverpool. Born at Liverpool.

Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead

Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIAL

Good luck with your research

Isadore