by Sarsfield Blog | Aug 18, 2014 | Blogs
A few weeks ago, we wrote about the sinking of RMS Lusitania, one of the worst casualties of WWI in which 1,198 people lost their lives. Captain William Thomas Turner was her commander when she sank, torpedoed by a German submarine. This was just one incident in a...
by Sarsfield Blog | Aug 4, 2014 | Blogs
The Sinking of RMS Lusitania, a Disaster for Liverpool As we arrive at the centenary of the outbreak of the Great War (1914-1918), our blogs for the next few weeks focuses on some of the defining moments for Liverpool during those terrible years. With Liverpool’s...
by Sarsfield Blog | Jun 16, 2014 | Blogs
12 May 1879 – 16 October 1946 Percy Bates was the second son of Edward Percy Bates and grandson of Sir Edward Bates, 1st Baronet and a Conservative Member of Parliament. He dedicated much of his life to ship-building and in his role as Chairman of the Cunard-White...
