|
|
 |
| File Reference |
2D429
|
| Name |
Cornelius Roche |
| Gender |
male |
| Address detail |
| Street |
Bridge Street, Cahir
|
| County |
Tipperary
|
| Country |
Ireland
|
| Notes |
Date of birth not on file
|
| Date of death |
1922-08-16
|
| Place |
Woodrooff, County Tipperary, Ireland
|
| Associated files in MSPA |
AF288; RGU3106; FA54; 3MSRB110;
|
| Related files |
9215; 56452 subject’s National Army service numbers; 2D11 Joseph Bergin; and 2D411 Daniel Fogarty killed in same incident as Cornelius Roche
|
| Civilian occupation |
Employee, Going & Smith Flourmills, Cahir, County Tipperary;
|
| Easter rising service |
No |
| Organisation |
Irish Republican Army |
| Rank |
Private
|
| Unit |
6 Battalion
|
| Company |
H Company
|
| Brigade |
3 Tipperary Brigade
|
| Organisation |
Óglaigh na hÉireann/National Forces |
| Rank |
Private
|
| Company |
C Company
|
| Brigade |
3 Tipperary Brigade
|
| National Army Service Number |
9215; 56452
|
| Pension Claim |
No |
| Award Pension |
Yes |
| Army Pensions Act 1923/1953 |
Yes |
| Type of Award |
OTHOther
|
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1924 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1934 |
No |
| Military Service Pensions Acts 1949 |
No |
| Digital file |
Scanned/digital copyW2D429CorneliusRoche.pdf
Scanned/digital copyW3MSRB110CorneliusRoche.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWAF288CorneliusRoche.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWFA54CorneliusRoche.pdf
Scanned/digital copyWRGU3106CorneliusRoche.pdf |
| File dates |
7 October 1922 – 28 October 1963
|
| Subject Information |
File relates to Johanna Roche’s receipt of a Gratuity of £100 (one hundred pounds sterling) under the Army Pensions Act, 1923 in respect of her son National Army Private Cornelius Roche. Private Cornelius Roche was killed on 16 August 1922 at Woodrooff (Woodroofe), County Tipperary during the Civil War.
File also relates to an unsuccessful further application by Johanna Roche under the Army Pensions Act, 1927 and to unsuccessful applications from Elizabeth, Edith and Ellen (Angela) Roche, sisters of Cornelius Roche, under the Army Pensions Acts.
Sean MacEoin TD, Minister for Defence recommended the award of an allowance to Edith Roche under Section 4(1) (c) (ii) of the Army Pensions Act, 1953 – see letter of 21 March 1955 from W. H. Cashman, Secretary, Department of Defence to the Secretary, Department of Finance. However the Minister for Finance refused to give his approval – see letter of 20 March 1957 from the Secretary, Department of Finance to the Secretary, Department of Defence.
File includes: material relating to the payment of a Dependants Allowance to Johanna Roche by the Dependents Section, Army Pay Corps, Quartermaster General’s Department; material (1923-1963) relating to Garda Síochána and social welfare investigations into the circumstances and means of the Roche family at the time of their various applications, and the degree of dependency of Johanna, Edith and Elizabeth Roche on Cornelius Roche at the time of his death; signed typed report of 22 July 1924 from the Office of the Adjutant General to the Secretary, Army Pensions Department regarding the date and circumstances of Private Cornelius Roche’s death; signed handwritten statements regarding Cornelius Roche’s service from John Nagle, Ned McGrath, Sean Fitzpatrick and William Dempsey in respect of the applications from Edith and Elizabeth Roche under the Army Pensions Act, 1953; handwritten and typed internal Department of Defence memoranda, notes and correspondence regarding the applications of Edith and Elizabeth Roche; representations from M.J. Davern TD and Richard Mulcahy TD in support of Edith Roche’s application.
|
|
