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Fmn. W. Barry
Mercantile Marine SS Lusitania
from:Dublin
(d.7th May 1915)
W. Barry, aged 26, born in Dublin, a Fireman onboard the R.M.S. Lusitania, drowned on that fateful day of 7th. May 1915.
After leaving New York bound for Liverpool, the Lusitania was approaching Irish Waters when she was struck at 2:10pm by a torpedo fired from a German U-Boat, in her starboard side. She sank within 20 minutes.
He is commemorated on the Tower Hill Memorial in London.