The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private S Rose

Photograph by - "Kevin Garcia"

Family Memorial in Strood

Photograph by "Brad Evans"

Private Stanley ROSE, G/12053, 6th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds (gun shot wound to buttock), 29 Casualty Clearing Station, France, 14th July 1918, age 29.

Born Strood, Kent, son of Frank and Louisa Rose, of 60, Stanhope Road, Strood, Kent.

1911 Census - 60 & 62, Stanhope Road, Strood, Rochester, Kent - Frank Rose, head, age 54, married, coal merchant, own account, at home, born East Malling, Kent; Louisa Rose, wife, age 58, married 28 years, 8 children, 5 still alive, born Strood, Kent; Stanley Rose, son, age 21, single, general labourer, worker, born Strood, Kent; Franklin Rose, son, age 20, single, shop assistant, grocers, worker, born Strood, Kent; Norman Rose, son, age 17, single, shop assistant, grocers, worker, born Strood, Kent; Cecil Rose, son, age 14, working at home, born Strood, Kent.

Enlisted Rochester, Kent, age 26, height 5ft 8 inches, weight 182lbs. Resided at 60, Stanhope Road, Strood, Kent. Formerly coal heaver.

Home, 10th December 1915 to 2nd July 1916; BEF, 3rd July 1916 to 2nd October 1916; Home, 3rd October 1916 to 8th May 1917; BEF, 9th May 1917 to 10th August 1917; Home, 11th August 1917 to 12th November 1917; BEF, 13th November 1917 to 14th July 1918.

10th December 1915, enlisted

2nd October 1916, wounded; 4th October 1916 to 15th January 1917, Southern General Hospital, Kings Heath Section, Birmingham, fractured right foot and toes; 6th February 1917 to 10th April 1917, Shoreham by Sea, Depot, special remedial exercises, has done light work & marching at this depot; 1st August 1917, wounded, 11th August 1917 to 28th September 1917, Reading War Hospital, GSW buttock (shell); 2nd July 1918, wounded; 29th September 1917 to 8th October 1917, furlough.

Next of Kin (Brother) - Archibald Dan Rose, (Postmaster), Box 33, Roche Percie, Saskatchewan, Ontario, Canada.

Buried at Bagneux British Cemetery, III. G. 30., Gezaincourt, France. Commemorated St Nicholas Church, Strood, Kent.

AWARDS: MM

London Gazette 18th October 1917.

His Majesty the KING has-been graciously pleased to award the Military Medal for bravery in the Field to the under mentioned Non-Commissioned Officers and Men:

12053 Pte.. S. Rose, Royal West Kent Regiment. (E. Strood).

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