David F. McAmmond
[submitted by Marion Fritz]

Staff Captain David Foster McAmmond of the Salvation Army was rescued the night the Empress sank.  He was born in 1869, was married to Linnie Brady, and they both died in 1950.

Marion Fritz says:   That she remembers being told that he survived because he was an excellent swimmer.  Because of his survival my mother insisted that we all learn how to swim as he credited his survival on his swimming ability. The Salvation Army Headquarters in Toronto, Canada should have all the names of the Salationists that survived.  I understand that they have an annual MemorialService for the survivors.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for this good information.  My son found your info and called me. It brought tears to my eyes.