Peter Lockhart was born in Peterhead, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, in 1880, the son of James and Sarah Lockhart. Nothing is known of his family or early life.
He was a professional seaman in the Mercantile Marine, serving as a fireman on steam ships, and worked out of Liverpool, Lancashire, England.
He married Frances Ann Haddock in Liverpool on the 30th April 1908, and the family home in 1915 was at 58, Jackson Street, Birkenhead, Cheshire. They had no children.
He served as a fireman in the Engineering Department on board the Lusitania and was killed when she was sunk. His body was not amongst those recovered and identified afterwards. He was aged 35 years.
As he has no known grave, he is commemorated on the Mercantile Marine Memorial at Tower Hill, London.
In August 1915, Frances Lockhart was given the balance of wages owed to her husband in respect of his service before the vessel sank. This was reckoned from the 17th April until the 8th May 1915, 24 hours after the Lusitania had gone down. In addition, The Liverpool and
London War Risks Insurance Association Limited granted her an annual pension to compensate her for the loss of her husband. This amounted to £36-3s.-0d. (£36.15p.) which was payable at the rate of £3-0s.-3d. (£3.01p.) per month.
Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Liverpool England Church of England Marriages and Banns 1754 – 1935, 1911 Census of England, Liverpool England Crew Lists 1861 – 1919, Cunard Records, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, UniLiv. PR 13/24, PRO BT 334, Deaths at Sea 1871 – 1968, Graham Maddocks, Geoff Whitfield, Michael Poirier, Jim Kalafus, Cliff Barry, Paul Latimer, Norman Gray.
Copyright © Peter Kelly.
Revised & Updated – 8th March 2024.