The Burrell Family of Surrey

Born into a German noble family, Lieutenant Walther Schwieger was a U-boat commander during the First World War. In 1903 he joined the Kaiserliche Marine and from 1911 onwards he served with the U-boatwaffe. In 1912 he took over the command of the U-14.

After the outbreak of World War I he was promoted to Kapitänleutnant and given command of the U-20. On May 7, 1915, Schwieger was responsible for U-20's torpedoing of the passenger liner RMS Lusitania leading to the deaths of 1,198 people, an event that played a role in the United States' later entry into World War I. He would also torpedo the SS Hesperian on September 4, 1915, and the SS Cymric on May 8, 1916.

Schwieger was killed when his U-boat, U-88, was chased by HMS Stonecrop, hit a British mine, and sank on September 5, 1917 north of Terschelling.

By the time of his death, Schwieger had sunk 49 ships with 183.883 gross register tons (GRT) with three submarines on 34 missions. He was the sixth most successful submarine commander of World War I. His body remains entombed in U-88.