Peter Myles was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, on the 13th December 1897, the son of Peter and Elizabeth Myles (née Byrne). The family home was at 14, Mile End, Everton, Liverpool, Lancashire. His father was a marine fireman who died in 1914, and Peter was the middle child of five in the family.
Peter Myles engaged as a trimmer in the Engineering Department on board the Lusitania on the 12th April 1915 at Liverpool at a monthly wage of £6-0s.-0d. and was killed when she was sunk on the 7th May. He was aged only 17 years.
His body was not recovered and identified afterwards and as a result he is commemorated on the Mercantile Marine Memorial at Tower Hill, London.
Register of Births, Marriages and Deaths, Liverpool England Catholic Baptisms 1741 – 1919, 1901 Census of England, 1911 Census of England, Cunard Records, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, 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 – 22nd January 2025.