Fannie Morecroft made her way as quickly as possible from Queenstown back to the United Kingdom. The ship in which she was taken from Ireland docked at Liverpool, where her home and her daughter’s home were. It was 24 hours after the sinking of the Lusitania before Caroline Warwick knew that her mother had survived. Fannie Morecroft arrived back in Liverpool three days after the sinking, still wearing her stewardess’ uniform, and covered in smuts. Three weeks later, her first grandchild, Margaret Morecroft Warwick was born.

After the sinking of the Lusitania, Cunard banned women from serving on any of their ships for the duration of the war. Fannie Morecroft was extremely irritated about this, as she had been working for the company since her husband had died, andwas worried about another way of making a living.

However, with the shortage of men, who had been drafted to the fighting in France, she was able to find various forms of employment, including as a tram conductor, until the end of the war. In early 1919, she resumed her career with Cunard, and eventually became Chief Stewardess on the Lancastria, with a grand stateroom of her own. She continued to cross back and forwards to New York until her retirement in the 1930s.

She never re-married, but saw her daughter's two daughters, Margaret and Patricia (born 1917) grow up. Both married, and her great-grandchildren knew her well.

The Lusitania tragedy was a significant event in Fannie's life. She lost many friends, saw the bodies of too many dead children and