Memorial: M5968

Monument at Jesus Church, Peartree Green, Hampshire commemorating Richard Loane Rosoman lost in the wreck of the ‘Stella’ 1889

Location

Jesus Church, Peartree Green, Hampshire, England

Transcript

'RICHARD ROBERT / LOANE ROSOMAN / WHO WAS DROWNED / IN THE 'STELLA' DISASTER / OFF THE CASQUET ROCKS / MARCH 30TH 1899 / AGED 72 YEARS'

Details

Description: A spire on a hexagonal base of blind gothic arches.
Type: Monument
Position: Churchyard
Materials: Stone
Vessel: Stella

People

Rosoman, Richard Robert Loane
Age: 72
Date of Death: 30/3/1899
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:

Extra

Notes: Body not recovered. Rosoman had been chairman of the District Council and South Stoneham Union Board of Guardians.
Bibliography: John Ovenden and David Shayer 'The wreck of the Stella: Titanic of the Channel Islands' (Guernsey, 1999) pP. 49-50.
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