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Peter Crompton

Born in Philadelphia, United States on July 16, 1914.

Died in Cobh, Ireland on May 7, 1915.

The story

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'.

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