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Loss of the SS Falaba - 28 March 1915
Loss of the SS Falaba - 28 March 1915
Around 104 people perished when a German U-Boat (UB 28) captured and torpedoed the liner, SS Falaba. The same U-Boat is believed to have sunk the SS Aguila the previous day. Press reports at time reported that after the attack, the submarine crew callously fired on survivors in the water and in lifeboats. This community remembers those who died and some of the survivors.
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Born 1884
Died 1915
Other Empire Force Civilian SS Falaba
More about Leon Chester Thrasher -
Born 1878
Died 1915
Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Stewardess Mercantile Marine - S.S. "Falaba"
More about Louisa Tearle -
Born 1862
Died 1915
Other Empire Force Master Merchant Navy
Other Empire Force Master Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy) - SS Falaba
More about Frederick John Davis -
Born 1888
Died 1915
British Army Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers attached Gold Coast Police
British Army Lieutenant Royal Munster Fusiliers
More about Lionel Henry Massy -
Born 1890
Died 1915
Other Empire Force Second Mate Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Second Mate Mercantile Marine SS Falaba
More about Andrew Clifford Hankins -
Born 1879
Died 1915
Other Empire Force Lieutenant Land Contingent, Nigeria, West Africa
More about William Hugh Cornwallis Trousdell -
Born 1894
Died 1915
Other Empire Force Mercantile Marine SS Falaba
Other Empire Force Trimmer Mercantile Marine (Merchant Navy)
Other Empire Force Trimmer Indian Merchant Service, SS Falaba
More about Gilbert Coffee -
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Born 1886
Died 1915
British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment 3rd Battalion
British Army Second Lieutenant Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire Regiment att'd. Nigeria Regiment, West African Frontier Force
More about William John Worth Nicholas