Vessel Loss

Memorial: M6188

Obelisk at Ashby de la Zouche cemetery commemorating Mary Jane Buck and Daniel Staley d. 1914 in the loss of the ‘Empress of Ireland’

Location

Cemetery, Ashby de la Zouche, Leicestershire, England

Transcript

[Side One] 'In Loving Memory of Frances Elizabeth Eldest Daughter of John & Elizabeth Staley Born July 22 1869 Died May 7 1894 Abide with me.' [Side Two] 'In Loving Memory of Our Father John Staley Who died August 14 1919 Aged 74 Years Greatly Missed' [Side Three] 'In Loving Memory of Mary Jane (Wife of the late William Buck) and her Brother Daniel Staley Who lost their lives in the Empress of Ireland Disaster May 29th 1914 Though Lost to Sight Yet Ever With Us'

Details

Description: Inscriptions on three sides of the base.
Type: Obelisk
Materials: Granite
Vessel: Empress of Ireland

People

Buck, Mary Jane
Age:
Date of Death: 29/5/1914
Cause of Death: Vessel Loss
Rank / Occupation: Passenger
Organisation:
Staley, Daniel

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Extra

Notes: 'Empress of Ireland' sunk in the St Lawrence River, Quebec after a collision with the SS 'Storstad'.
Photographer: Tom Connolly 2010
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