R.M.S. LUSITANIA: Detailed handwritten account of Lusitania'...

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R.M.S. LUSITANIA: Detailed handwritten account of Lusitania's sinking and the aftermath from the perspective of survivor Annie Winter Hobbs-Walker who witnessed the approaching torpedo. Written by her friend Hilda Crowdis but signed by Hobbs, dating from the 1970s, six pages on six sheets, accompanied by a letter from Crowdis to author L. Bluestein dated October 4 1973, in which she mentions a brooch and watch stopped at the time Hobbs went into the water.

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Auction Date:
13th Nov 21 at 12pm GMT

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