Memorial: M3656

Memorial at St Botolph’s Church, Postman’s Park, London commemorating Mary Rogers d. 1889 in the wreck of the ‘Stella’

Location

St Botolph's Church, Postman's Park, London, England

Transcript

'MARY ROGERS / STEWARDESS OF THE STELLA / MAR.30.1899 / SELF SACRIFICED BY GIVING UP / HER LIFE BELT AND VOLUNTARILY / GOING DOWN IN THE SINKING SHIP'

Details

Description: Tile painted with a ship and foul anchor. The tiles are set in a loggia or cloister set up at his own expense by the painter and sculptor G. H. Watts.
Type: Memorial tile
Position: Churchyard
Date Erected: 1899
Artists: Doulton & Co, Ernest George
Vessel: Stella

People

Rogers, Mary
Age:
Date of Death: 30/3/1899
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Stewardess
Organisation:

Extra

Bibliography: Philip Ward-Jackson 'Public Sculpture of the City of London' (Liverpool, 2003) pp. 295-97
Recorder: B. Tomlinson

JSON

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