Loynd, Alice –

Wife of the Reverend David Loynd. Native of Ramsbottom, Lancashire. A victim of the ill-fated Cunard Steamship Company’s liner RMS Lusitania. She was travelling with her husband returning to England from America so that he could “perform what work he could in one of the many institutions for wounded soldiers.” Hers was the 75th body to be recovered. Interred in the Old Church Cemetery, Cobh (formerly Queenstown), in Common Grave C.

Personal details

  • Surname: Loynd
  • Forename: Alice
  • Date of birth: Not known
  • Birth place: Tottington, Lancashire
  • Place of residence: Not known
  • Gender: Female
  • Age of death: 49
  • Place of death: Not known
  • Date of death: May 7th, 1915
  • Casualty type: Not known

Service details

  • Civilian

Decorations

  • Service medals: N/A
  • Silver War badge: Not known
  • Awards: Not known

Memorials

  • CWGC Memorial: Not known
  • CWGC reference: Not known

Local newspaper entries

  • Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 14/05/1915 21/05/1915
  • Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c* 5h

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