From: The Elder Dempster Fleet in the War 1914-1918 (Printed 1921) Chapter XI. The R.M.S. "BURUTU." To realize what is meant by the...

The Times, Thursday May 15, 1919 NIGHT ON AN UPTURNED BOAT. AN OFFICER'S GALLANTRY. The King has, on the recommendation of the President...

From "Letters from the Front" The following is a record of the heroism displayed by Lieutenant John Charles Orr (formerly of our...

Liverpool Echo 9th Oct 1918 According to latest information it is feared that the loss of life in the disaster to the Liverpool liner...

Litchfield Mercury 11 Oct 1918 It is feared that about 150 lives were lost in the sinking of the Burutu, which collided with another...

7th October 1918, Liverpool Echo THE LOST BURUTU LIST OF THE PASSENGERS AND CREW SAVED The feared loss of life as a result of the sinking...

Among the victims of the ill-fated Burutu was Mrs Doig, who had been residing at 17, Lynedock-street, Liverpool, and was a sister of Mrs...

Identification The CWGC had 17 results for William Bolton. I could rule out 14 of them from the information on the certificates (born and...

Identification I identified this person through the census records, he was the only Ernest C Benn in Liverpool and was born in 1888 so he...

Identification There were 21 results for William Beattie on the CWGC database and 15 for W Beattie. I looked at the 'other information'...

30532 Private Arthur P Beattie, 4th Battalion The King's Liverpool Regiment Identification The name given on the St James Memorial is...

Liverpool Daily Post 19 August 1918 VOTES FOR WOMEN THE POSITION OF UNDERAGE ARMY OFFICIALS A Wallasey magistrate has raised an...

09 August 1916 - Liverpool Echo - Liverpool, Lancashire, England

Full Text from The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Aug 13, 1918; pg. 9; Issue 41867. WOMEN "PALS" BATTALION 5000 FOR THE AMERICAN...

26 September 1917 - Liverpool Echo - Liverpool, Lancashire, England "A thousand women are wanted at once to train for engineering and...

Posters recruiting women to the workforce. Images of women in munitions factories.