Daniel Roche
- Died:
- 17 October 1920
- Age:
- 44
- Rank:
- Sergeant
- Force:
- Royal Irish Constabulary
- Cause:
- Homicide - Shot
- Duty Status:
- On Duty
Roll of Honour Citation
Shot dead in Dublin by a terrorist assassination squad, after travelling from Tipperary to identify a body.
Police Memorial Tribute
Shot dead by a terrorist assassination squad in Little Strand Street, Dublin, after being pursued down Ormond Quay into Capel Street, after travelling from Tipperary to identify a body.
The following month, November 1920, Sergeant Roche’s nephew, Constable Jeremiah O’Leary, was killed in a terrorist ambush and a further eighteen months later, in May 1922, another nephew, Constable Timothy O’Leary, was abducted and shot dead.
