Memorial

HMHS Rohilla Memorial

Communal Grave

Source: Copyright Paul Clarke

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Current Location

Whitby Cemetery, Larpool Lane, Whitby, Scarborough, North Yorkshire, YO22 4NA, England

NZ 90126 09796

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Type of Memorial: Pillar / Column
WMR Reference Number: 30818
Description: STONE COLUMN WITH CARVED INSCRIPTION AND NAMES. SMALL RELIEFS OF ANCHOR AND CHAINS ON EACH SIDE OF COLUMN AT TOP.
Inscription: THIS MONUMENT/ WAS ERECTED BY THE BRITISH INDIA/ STEAM NAVIGATION COMPANY LTD./ OWNERS OF THE HOSPITAL SHIP S.S./ ROHILLA, TO THE MEMORY OF/ 31 OFFICERS AND MEN WHO WERE/ DROWNED IN THE WRECK OF THAT VESSEL/ OFF WHITBY, OCTOBER 30TH 1914/ THIRTY THREE BODIES RECOVERED/ FROM THE WRECK ARE BURIED HERE/ THE NAMES OF THE FOURTEEN OF THOSE/ IDENTIFIED ARE AS FOLLOW:/...(NAMES)/ "I SAW A NEW HEAVEN AND A NEW EARTH/ AND THERE WAS NO MORE SEA"

Column

Made from: Stone

Condition: Unknown