Memorial: M4641

Wall tablet in the Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent commemorating Maurice Roche and Maurice Bailey Roche d. 1899 in the wreck of the ‘Stella’

Location

Church of the Blessed Mary, Walmer, Kent, England

Transcript

'M. of Maurice Roche, aged 41 years and of his only son Maurice Bailey Roche aged 15 years, who both perished in the wreck of S.S. Stella off the Casquets, Channel Islands, on March 30th 1899; and of his wife Mary Ann Roche, who passed peacefully away at Deal November 5th 1931, aged 76 years; and also of Marjorie Thwaites, daughter of the above who died February 22nd 1969'

Details

Type: Wall tablet
Position: South wall of nave
Vessel: SS Stella

People

Roche, Maurice Bailey
Age: 15
Date of Death: 30/3/1899
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Unknown
Roche, Maurice
Age: 41
Date of Death: 30/3/1899
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation: Unknown

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