Hubert Henry ROACH

HUBERT HENRY ROACH ABLE SEAMAN 202582 ROYAL NAVY ON HMS PEMBROKE I. BORN 18 JUN 1882 AT COLEFORD DEVON. ENLISTED 11 JAN 1899 OCCUPATION ON ENLISTMENT, LABOURER. DIED 5 FEB 1903 AGED 20 DROWNING. FELL OVERBOARD AT NIGHT AND WAS DROWNED, BODY RECOVERED ON 20 FEB 1903, COURT OF INQUIRY DROWNED VERDICT OF JURY. IN 1891 HE WAS LIVING WITH HIS PARENTS HENRY AND LOUISA AT PARK STREET, CREDITON, DEVON. HIS FATHER WAS INFORMED OF HIS DEATH 5.3.03.

AT REST IN PLOT A GRAVE 38 KALKARA NAVAL CEMETERY, MALTA. Unnamed burial.