(Source: Phyllis 'Jane' Woods) Cyril Wickings-Smith is a survivor of the Lusitania sinking May 7th, 1915, as was his wife Phyllis and daughter Nancy. Cyril never spoke about the Lusitania sinking. His brother Guildford Wickings-Smith was lost at sea at the time of the Lusitania sinking. Guildford was married to Beatrice (Bea). Cyril had a 'bubble' car which he drove quite fast. The bubble car had a wide front opening door. Cyril's second wife was named Dorothy. They lived in Bedford in a large detached house shared with family members, brother Claude and his wife Vera. Claude and Vera had a son called Paul married to June, with two children Veronica and Jeremy.