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Private W A Rose

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Private William Albert ROSE, L/9878, 2nd  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died as a Prisoner of War at Angora, Turkey, with Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 28th March 1917.

Born Rochester, Kent, son of Albert George & Annie Rose, 3 St Peters Street, Rochester, Kent.

1911 Census - 5c Jenner Road, Rochester, Kent - Albert George Rose, head, age 52, widower, Railway Porter, worker, born Canterbury, Kent; Cecil Francais Rose, son, age 28, single, bricklayers labourer, building trade, worker, born Wrotham, Kent; Arthur James Rose, son, age 18, single, Railway Porter, worker, born Rochester, Kent; William Rose, son, age 15, single, shop boy, chemist, worker, born Rochester, Kent;

Mabel Margaret Ditchburn, daughter, age 22, married 2 years, 1 child, born Rochester, Kent; Alfred William Ditchburn, son, age 1, born Rochester, Kent.

Enlisted 10th June 1912, Chatham, Kent, age 18 years & 10 months, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 109lbs, fresh complexion, brown eyes, brown hair. Formerly general labourer.

Home, 10th June 1912 to 21st October 1913; India, 22nd October 1913 to 31st January 1915; India Expeditionary Force, 1st February 1915 to 28th March 1917.

10th June 1912, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 12th August 1912, dental treatment; 25th September 1912, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 21st August 1913, fit for Service abroad; 28th August 1913, dental treatment, fillings, 7 lower right, 7 lower left, cost 5/-; 22nd October 1913, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 15th July 1914, 3rd Class Certificate of Education; 6th February 1915, posted Asiatic Theatre of War; 16th September 1915, Nasiryah, 3 Field Ambulance, colitis; 16th October 1915, discharged hospital; 29th April 1916, reported Prisoner of War, captured at Kut al Amara and interred at Angora;  28th March 1917 - Report from Ottoman Red Crescent through Geneva Red Cross that died whilst a Prisoner of War at Angora, of Paludean Cachexia.

10th June 1919, Statement of Relatives - Father, Albert George Rose, 3 St Peters Street, Rochester; Brothers - Frederick Albert Rose, age 40, 60 Cheapside, Birmingham; Cecil George Rose, age 36, 37 Henry? Street, Rochester; Phillip Rose, age 34, 60 Stanhope Road, Holloway Road, London; Arthur James Rose, 70, Longley Road, Rochester; Sisters - Mrs A Matson, age 38, Hill Top House, Jersey? Road, Strood, Rochester; Mrs A Ditchburn, age 31, 3 St Peters Street, Rochester.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Angora Mem. 142., Iraq.