Biography
According to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Peter Gavan was born in County Mayo, Ireland, in 1877, although no other records pertaining to him can be
identified.
He served as a trimmer in the Engineering Department on board the Lusitania and was killed when she was sunk.
As his body was never recovered and identified after the disaster, his name is embossed on the Mercantile Marine Memorial at Tower Hill, London. He was aged 38 years.
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 – 30th November 2023.