Wellington’s West Riding Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of Joseph Charles
Roddis, of 13, Fieldhouse Lane, Leeds Road North, Huddersfield, Stone
Machinist, by his wife, Ellen, dau. of Henry Wheeldon, of Sheffield;
_b._ Sheffield, 6 Feb. 1897; educ. Parson Cross School, Wadsley
Bridge, near Sheffield; was apprenticed as a tool fitter at David Brown
& Sons, Motor Engineers, Lockwood, Huddersfield, but, on the outbreak
of war, volunteered for foreign service and joined the 5th West Riding
Regt.; went to France in April, 1915; volunteered as a bombthrower,
and was killed in action at Fleurbaix, 25 June following; _unm._
Buried at La Croix, near Fleurbaix. Major G. P. Norton wrote: “Private
C. Roddis was mortally wounded by a shell about 4.45 yesterday
afternoon, and he died in the first-aid post the same evening. The
enemy was shelling our trenches, and your son was in a dug-out, about
the last shell they fired hit on the top of the dug-out and burst
inside.... He was such a nice lad and a splendid soldier. His heart was
in his work; he took up bombing and turned out one of the best bombers
in the Brigade. He was doing a turn in the trenches to make room for
others to be trained as bombers, and it is very hard that he should
have been killed before he could use the bombs on the Germans. His is a
great loss to me personally, and all the officers and his comrades.”
[Illustration: =Charles Henry Roddis.=]
=RODGER, WALTER WASHINGTON BUCHANAN=, Lieut., 5th Battn. Argyll
and Sutherland Highlanders (T.F.), yst. _s._ of the late Walter
Washington Buchanan Rodger, Ex-Provost, of Greenock, C.E., J.P., by his
wife, Emma Amelia (Bagatelle, Greenock), dau. of William Clark Rodger,
of New York; _b._ Greenock, 13 May, 1895; educ. Trinity College,
Glenalmond; gazetted 2nd Lieut., Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, 20
Oct. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 1 Nov. 1914; went to the Dardanelles, 1
June, 1915, and was killed in action near Krithia, 8 July following;
_unm._ Buried there. He was a member of Glenalmond O.T.C. for four
years, and one of the Bisley team two years.
[Illustration: =Walter W. B. Rodger.=]
=RODGERS, GEORGE=, Leading Seaman, R.N.R., 1780C, H.M.S. Aboukir;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROE, HENRY GRAEME=, Private, No. 2020, 2nd Battn. 1st Infantry
Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, _s._ of the late Colin Graeme
Roe, of Allestree House, Chesterfield Road, Sheffield, Artist, by his
wife, Caroline Louisa, dau. of James Andrews, and grandson of Robert
Henry Roe, Animal Painter; _b._ Brincliffe Edge, Sheffield, 24
July, 1889; educ. Abbeydale School there; displaying a great taste
for engineering he entered the works of the Hardy Patent Pick Co.,
where he remained over four years. In Nov. 1908, he went to an uncle
in New Zealand, continuing his engineering work there, after three
years he went to Sydney, and finally became 2nd Engineer on the S.S.
Koonokarra (Lever Bros.), which was employed collecting the products of
the Solomon Islands. Arriving at Sydney on a return voyage at the end
of 1914, he enlisted in the Commonwealth Expeditionary Forces in Jan.
1915, and after a short period of training in Liverpool Camp, N.S.W.,
left for Egypt with the fifth reinforcements in April. He was killed in
action at Lone Pine, Gallipoli, between 7 and 14 Aug. 1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Henry Graeme Roe.=]
=ROGERS, ALBERT SAMUEL=, Stoker, 1st Class, 301451 (Ports.),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, ALFRED SIDNEY=, Seaman, R.N.R., 4758A, H.M.S. Cressy;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, ARTHUR=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 9129), 203989, H.M.S.
Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, ERNEST JOHN=, Boy, 1st Class, J. 27386, H.M.S. Hawke;
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 15 Oct. 1914.
=ROGERS, HAROLD HILDRED=, Driver, 1st Sussex Battery, R.F.A., only
_s._ of the late William Rogers, of Felixstowe (who served five
years in the Navy and was invalided out), by his wife, Rosa Catherine
(now wife of George Dancy, of 2, Ivanhoe Terrace, Ham Road, Broadwater,
Worthing), dau. of George Wadey, of Cold Waltham, Pulborough, Sussex;
_b._ Felixstowe, co. Suffolk, 24 Oct. 1894; educ. Washington,
Pulborough, Sussex; was a Market Garden Labourer; had joined the
Worthing Territorials about April, 1913, and on the outbreak of war,
volunteered for foreign service; went to India, Oct. 1914. and was
drafted from there in Nov. 1915, to the Persian Gulf; and was drowned
in the River Tigris, 25 Dec. 1915: _unm._
[Illustration: =Harold Hildred Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, HENRY MILWARD=, Capt., 5th Battn. Manchester Regt.
(T.F.), only _s._ of the late William Rogers, of The Grange,
Coppull, Lancashire, Mining Engineer, some time Mayor of Wigan, by his
wife, Helen (The White House, Parbold), dau. of Richard (and Catherine)
Procter; _b._ Southport, 27 Sept. 1879; educ. Bilton Grange and
Radley College; was a Mining Engineer, and a partner in the firm of
Messrs. Kellett, Walker & Rogers, Mining Experts, and was largely
interested in South Wales and Lancashire collieries. He joined the old
Vol. Battn. (now the 5th Territorial Battn.) Manchester Regt., 3 Aug.
1899. and after passing the School of Instruction for field service,
obtained his commission as Capt. 17 June, 1905. On the outbreak of
the European War he volunteered with his regt. for foreign service;
left England 6 Sept. 1914 for Egypt; landed at the Dardanelles, 3 May,
1915, and died on board H.M. Hospital Ship Reindeer, 26 May, 1915, from
wounds received in action there a few days previously. He _m._
at Horwick Parish Church, 3 Sept. 1903, Muriel (Alderbrook, Parbold,
Lancashire), 5th dau. of Col. Charles Frederick Ainsworth, of Lower
Brazley, Horwick, V.D., and had three sons: Charles William Milward,
_b._ 12 Sept. 1904; Martin Milward, _b._ 17 March, 1908; and
David Milward, _b._ 25 March, 1911.
[Illustration: =Henry Milward Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, JOSEPH=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 20073, H.M.S. Pathfinder;
lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East
Coast, 5 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERS, MAURICE CROSTON=, 2nd Lieut., 59th Field Coy. R.E., only
_s._ of John Croston Rogers, Senior Inspector of National Schools,
Ireland; _b._ Dublin 29 March, 1894; educ. at Campbell College,
Belfast, where he won both a Junior and a Senior Scholarship and the
McNeill Gold Medal, which is awarded to the best Mathematical Scholar
of the year. He early selected the Army as his Profession and, when
a branch of the O.T.C. was started at the college, he at once joined
it and, after some time, became its Senior Sergeant. While connected
with the Corps he passed the test in Signalling, being the first
Irish schoolboy to obtain this distinction. He also passed the test
in Musketry and obtained Certificate A. In June, 1912, he entered the
R.M.A., Woolwich, direct from school. At the end of the first term,
his name appeared second on the list of his class and, in a subsequent
term, it appeared first. Passing out of the Academy he obtained second
place, and was awarded the Armstrong Memorial Medal and the French
Prize. He received his commission in the Royal Engineers, 17 July,
1914, and when war was declared was at once summoned to Chatham, where
he remained until the 23 Jan. 1915, when he was sent to France and
posted to the 59th Field Coy. He died of wounds received in action at
Wulverghem, 25 Feb. following, and was buried in the Churchyard of
Neuve Eglise, where his men erected an oak cross and kerb over his
grave. His commanding officer wrote: “Although he had been with the
Company only a short time he was greatly liked by us all, both officers
and men, and we deeply regret his death, not only as the death of a
very promising young officer, but because it means to us the loss of
one for whom, in the short time he had been with us, we had learned to
feel a great personal regard and liking.
[Illustration: =Maurice Croston Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, RONALD JOSEPH=, Capt., 14th Battn. The Rifle Brigade,
attd. 1st Battn. Royal Dublin Fusiliers, only _s._ of Joseph
Rogers of River Mead, Keynsham, Bristol, formerly of Weston-super-Mare,
by his wife, Jane, dau. of Henry Lovebond, of Bridgwater; _b._
Sandford, Banwell, co. Somerset, 18 Dec. 1883; educ. St. Peter’s
School, Weston-super-Mare, and Blundells School, Tiverton; gazetted 2nd
Lieut. 4th Royal Dublin Fusiliers, 16 Jan. 1901; promoted Lieut. 1903,
and Capt. April, 1908; served in the South African War, 1902, taking
part in the operations in Cape Colony and Orange River Colony, March to
31 May, 1902 (Queen’s medal with three clasps). He retired in 1908 and
went to the Malay States, where he held an appointment as Manager of a
rubber estate; but after the outbreak of the European War offered his
services and was appointed Capt. in the 14th Rifle Brigade, 20 March,
1915; went to the Dardanelles 21 May, 1915, attd. to the 1st Battn.
of his old regt., and was killed in action at Saghir Dere Ravine, 28
June following, during the great advance on Krithia. Buried there.
Capt. Rogers was a famous Rugby football player; played for Somerset,
and was chosen by the Rugby Football Union as forward in the British
team, 1904, against Australia and New Zealand. He also held the Vellum
Certificate of the Royal Humane Society for saving his own father’s
life at sea at Newport, Pembrokeshire, 2 Oct. 1897. He _m._ at
Plymouth, 7 Nov. 1911, Hilda May, eldest dau. of Col. Alfred Lionel
McNair, of Merrifield House, Plympton, South Devon, and had a son,
Geoffrey Ronald, _b._ 16 Nov. 1912.
[Illustration: =Ronald Joseph Rogers.=]
=ROGERS, VALENTINE WILLIAM=, A.B. (R.F.R., I.C. 541), 200458,
H.M.S. Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1
Nov. 1914.
=COXWELL-ROGERS, RICHARD HUGH=, of Dowdeswell Court, Trooper, No.
2234, Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry (T.F.), only _s._ of the
late Godfrey Hugh Wheeler Coxwell-Rogers, of Dowdeswell Court, and
Ablington, co. Gloucester, by his wife, Aileen Emma (Donegal Cottage,
Carrigaloe, co. Cork), dau. of Richard Hugh Smith Barry, of Bally
Edmond, co. Cork; _b._ Leckhampton, near Cheltenham, 10 May, 1884;
educ. Cheltenham College; went to British Columbia in 1900; returned
to England in 1914, and on the outbreak of war in Aug. of that year,
volunteered and joined the Royal Gloucestershire Yeomanry as a trooper,
went to the Dardanelles, Aug. 1915, and was killed in action at Suvla
Bay, 21 Aug. following; _unm._
=ROGERS, WILLIAM ALFRED=, Seaman, R.N.R., 5294 B., H.M.S. Hogue;
lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROGERSON, WILLIAM ERNEST=, Capt., 10th Battn. Durham L.I.,
and Adjutant 12th (Service) Battn. of the same, yr. _s._ of
John Rogerson, of Croxdale Hall, Durham; _b._ Croxdale Hall,
19 Oct. 1872; educ. Aysgarth; Harrow; and Trinity Hall, Cambridge;
gazetted 2nd Lieut., 4th Battn. (2nd Durham Militia) Durham L.I.,
1893, and Capt. 5 Jan. 1898, was for six years Instructor of Musketry,
afterwards retiring. On the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, he rejoined,
was gazetted Capt., 10th (Service) Battn. Durham L.I., 19 Aug., and
appointed Adjutant of the 12th Battn., 18 Sept. following, and died
very suddenly at Bullwater Camp, Woking, 13 Nov. 1914, while on active
service. He was a keen sportsman, and while at Cambridge was Master of
the Trinity Foot Beagles, and hunted with the South Durham, Hurworth
and Zetland hounds. The Gen., in announcing his death, stated that he
had rendered most valuable service to the regt. from the date of its
being formed, and his loss would be greatly felt. He _m._ 3 Nov.
1898, Violet, elder dau. of Lieut.-Gen. William Henry Mackesy, 79th
Highlanders and Indian Staff Corps, and had, with another son and two
daus., an elder son Richard William, _b._ 1902.
[Illustration: =William E. Rogerson.=]
=ROLLESTON, FRANCIS LANCELOT=, 2nd Lieut., 2nd Battn. (Royal
Fusiliers) The London Regt. (T.F.), elder _s._ of Humphry Davy
Rolleston, of 55, Upper Brook Street, London, W., C.B., M.D., F.R.C.P.,
Temporary Surgeon-Gen. (Consultant Physician) Royal Navy, and Senior
Physician, St. George’s Hospital, London, by his wife, Lisette Eila,
2nd dau. of Francis Mackenzie Ogilvy; _b._ London, 7 April, 1895;
educ. Hillside, Godalming (1904–8) and Eton (1908–14), where he was
in the O.T.C., and was undergoing his annual training in camp when
war broke out. He immediately offered his services at the nearest
recruiting office, and was given a commission in the 2nd Battn. The
London Regt., 29 Aug. 1914; went to Malta in Sept. 1914; proceeded
to France in Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at l’Epinette, near
Armentières, 26 April following, being shot through the heart while
examining the barbed wire in front of his trench at night; _unm._
Buried at Ferme Buterne, Armentières. While in the Eton O.T.C. he was
three times in the winning section, the last time as commander, and
had been singled out for special commendation by the Gen. at the 1914
Inspection. He obtained his House Colours in 1913; won the Novice
Pulling in 1912, with Armstrong (also killed in action), and the Junior
Pulling again with Armstrong in 1914. He was also second in Junior
sculling and rowed in House Fours.
[Illustration: =Francis Lancelot Rolleston.=]
=ROLSTONE, JAMES HENRY=, A.B. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 5918), 187177,
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROLT, JOHN=, Stoker, 1st Class, K. 11016, H.M.S Pathfinder; lost
when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5
Sept. 1914.
=ROMANS, ALFRED=, Private, No. 1390, 8th Battn. Middlesex Regt.
(T.F.), eldest _s._ of William Romans, of 7, Farnell Road,
Staines, Stoker, by his wife, Isabella, dau. of Charles Lamb; _b._
Staines, co. Middlesex, 28 Sept. 1897; educ. Kingston Road Central
Schools there; was a Lino Worker; joined the Middlesex Territorials
when only 15, in 1912, and on the outbreak of war immediately
volunteered for foreign service; went with his regt. to Gibraltar, 10
Sept. 1914, and returned to England, 12 Feb. 1915, crossed to France, 8
March, and was killed in action during the repulse of a German attack
on the trenches occupied by the 8th Middlesex at Zonnebeke, Sunday, 25
April, 1915.
=RONALD, JAMES McBAIN=, Capt., 2nd Battn. (The Buffs) East Kent
Regt., 6th _s._ of the late Robert Bruce Ronald, of Pembury
Grange, Tunbridge Wells, by his wife, Fanny, dau. of (--) Fowler;
_b._ 26 April, 1876; educ. Harrow, and the Royal Military College,
Sandhurst; gazetted 2nd Lieut., East Kent Regt., 5 Sept. 1896; promoted
Lieut., 9 April, 1899, and Capt. 1 July, 1900; was Adjutant of
Volunteers, 6 April, 1904, to 31 Dec. 1907; served in the South African
War, 1899–1902; took part in the advance on, and relief of, Kimberley;
operations in the Orange Free State, Feb.-May, 1900, including actions
at Paardeberg (17–26 Feb.); Poplar Grove, and Dreifontein (slightly
wounded), and afterwards served as Railway Staff Officer; took part in
the operations in the Transvaal, east of Pretoria, July-29 Nov. 1900,
and those in the Transvaal, 30 Nov. 1900–31 May, 1902 (again slightly
wounded in Oct. 1901; mentioned in Despatches [London Gazette, 10 Sept.
1901]; Queens medal with four clasps and King’s medal with two clasps).
He retired in 1912, but on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914, resumed
service as a Railway Transport Officer, and rejoined his old regt. in
the following March; went to France, and was killed in action near
St. Julien during the second Battle of Ypres, 23 April, 1915. Buried
there. Capt. Ronald _m._ at Bagenalstown, 7 Oct. 1903, Evelyn
Mary (Bifron’s Cottage, near Canterbury), dau. of S. Crosthwaite, of
Bagenalstown, co. Carlow, and had a dau., Patience Mary, _b._ 3
Nov. 1908.
=RONALD, KENNETH McGEORGE=, Trooper, No. 452, 6th Light Horse,
2nd Brigade, Australian Imperial Force, 2nd _s._ of Robert Wilson
Ronald, of Nap Nap, New South Wales, Grazier, by his wife, Veronica,
dau. of the late Thomas McGeorge, grandson of Robert Bruce Ronald, of
London and Melbourne, and great-grandson of Robert Wilson Ronald, of
Liverpool; _b._ in Hay, New South Wales, 9 Oct. 1895; educ. Church
of England Grammar School, Geelong (July, 1905–Dec. 1913); volunteered
for Imperial service on the outbreak of war, and enlisted in 6th Light
Horse; went to the Dardanelles and was killed in action at Cape Helles,
Gallipoli, 12 July, 1915. Buried in Shell Green burial ground on slope
of Island of Samothrace; _unm._ Lieut. G. A. Ferguson wrote: “He
was one of the 12 attd. to my troop on that day, to do a certain piece
of work, and how well they did it, and how brave they were. I can
assure you it was very hot work. On and on they came in the face of a
murderous fire, but not one of them flinched. I am very proud of the
men who were with me that day. I had been in close touch with your son
Kenneth ever since he joined the regt., and always found him to be one
of the keenest of soldiers, and the most gentlemanly boy it has ever
been my pleasure to meet. He was loved by all his comrades. I feel
extremely sorry for his brother, who was wounded a few days before,
they were such great mates. Kenneth was one of the bravest and the
strongest constitutional man I ever seen. He was wounded with shrapnel,
and although fearfully wounded, was fully conscious right to the last”;
and the Rev. T. G. Robertson, Chaplain, Australian Imperial Force,
6th Light Horse: “On 12 July, our Southern forces were engaged in a
big attack, and our work here was to harass the Turks, and so cause
reinforcements to be sent to them, instead of to Cape Helles. In this
a small troop of the 6th Light Horse played a very gallant part--Mr.
Ferguson, the officer in charge, being mentioned in Despatches. They
went out from our trenches towards the enemy, and stormed an enemy hill
very gamely, but unfortunately we lost four good men and many wounded.
They had to face rifle fire, machine-guns and shrapnel. They did their
work however, and were successful in their object, and that meant
saving many lives probably among our Southern forces. So that your son
liberally gave his life for others. I understand that he was hit behind
the ear by a shrapnel pellet.” And a comrade wrote of him: “On the
12th, Kenneth Ronald was in a small covering party to draw the Turks
fire. Ken had the bad luck to be in the thickest of the fire, and was
hit by shrapnel. He was carried away to safety almost immediately, but
did not live long. He was very highly thought of by all his comrades.
I marked his grave, as to make sure for a headstone, but to-day I find
his good friends have already fixed up a temporary cross. When all is
arranged properly I will take a photo of Ken’s grave for Mrs. Ronald;
if I get through myself, she shall have it. It is terribly sad for Bob
Ronald, who is away wounded. He and Ken were always together, they were
almost inseparable.” At his school he was a Prefect; Senior Member of
the Upper Sixth, and Captain of the Boats. He won the School Cup for
Sports in 1913, and rowed two years running in the School eights in
the Public Schools (of Victoria) Eight Oar race. He was also a good
football player.
[Illustration: =Kenneth M. Ronald.=]
=ROOME, PHILIP WILLIAM=, Fleet Paymaster, R.N., 3rd _s._ of
Henry Roome, of 114, Breakspear Road, Brockley, late of the Admiralty,
by his wife, Phoebe, dau. of the late George Wade, of Deptford;
_b._ Brockley, 28 June, 1872; educ. Mercers School, London, and
Whitgift School, Croydon; entered the Navy as an Assistant Clerk, Jan.
1889; and was promoted Paymaster, Jan. 1903, Staff Paymaster, Jan.
1907, and Fleet Paymaster, Jan. 1911; served in China, 1899–1901, and
1903–05 (medal); was appointed to H.M.S. Aboukir, July, 1914, and was
lost when that ship was torpedoed in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. He
_m._ at St. Margaret’s, Lee, 22 Dec. 1902, Maud Hunter (2, Dacre
Park, Lee, S.E.), dau. of the late James Davisson, Civil Servant,
and had issue, four children: Philip Pearse, _b._ 30 Sept.
1904; Richard William, _b._ 12 Nov. 1905; Phoebe Isabella Maud,
_b._ 4 May, 1908; and Phyllis Mary, _b._ 21 Feb. 1911.
[Illustration: =Philip William Roome.=]
=ROOTH, RICHARD ALEXANDER=, Lieut.-Col. Commanding 1st Royal
Dublin Fusiliers, 2nd _s._ of the late John Wilcoxon Rooth, of
the Middle Temple, Barrister-at-Law, by his wife, Elizabeth Crudy
(Gordon House, Hythe Road, Brighton), dau. of Henry Smith, of Bristol,
Solicitor; _b._ London, 22 March, 1866; educ. Highgate School;
France, and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst; gazetted Lieut.,
Dublin Fusiliers, 29 Aug. 1885, and promoted Capt. 7 June, 1894;
Major, 7 June, 1896, and Lieut.-Col. 7 June, 1914; joined the 2nd
Battn. in Egypt in Aug. 1885, and later went to Quetta, and Poona; was
Adjutant of his Battn. from 16 Dec. 1893, to 30 March, 1897, and of the
Poona Volunteers, 1 April, 1897, to 31 March, 1902; took part in the
operations in the Aden Hinterland, 1903, and then returned to Ireland;
was in command of the Depot at Naas, for some years, he was then
stationed at Gravesend till June, 1914, when he was appointed to the
command of the 1st Battn. then in Madras; was at Fort George when that
town was attacked by the Emden; returned with his regt. to England in
Dec. 1914; left for the Dardanelles in March, and was killed in action
at Sedd-ul-Bahr, during the landing at the Dardanelles, 25 April, 1915.
He was killed instantly as he was stepping on the beach. He _m._
at Dawlish, Amy, dau. of Francis Cann, of Dawlish, M.D., and had two
children: Richard, _b._ 7 June, 1900; and Nancy, _b._ 23 May,
1908.
[Illustration: =Richard Alexander Rooth.=]
=ROPER, WILLIAM ALBERT=, Private, No. 11784, 2nd Battn. Coldstream
Guards, 3rd _s._ of Albert Edward Roper, of West Charleton, near
Kingsbridge, co. Devon, Labourer, by his wife, Caroline Jane, dau. of
Thomas Ellis; _b._ Malborough, co. Devon, 13 April, 1893; educ.
West Charleton Village School; was intending to join the Police Force
when war was declared, and enlisted in the Coldstreams, 5 Sept. 1914;
went to France, 22 Jan. 1915, and was killed in action at Givenchy, 18
March, 1915, being shot by a sniper while digging a small trench from
the main one; _unm._ Buried in the Cemetery there.
=ROSE, BENJAMIN JOSEPH=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 2058), 192157, H.M.S.
Good Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov.
1914.
=ROSE, CHARLES EDWARD=, Private, R.M.L.I. (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1351),
H.M.S. Aboukir; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914.
=ROSE, CLEMENT=, Private, No. 15734, 8th (Service) Battn. The
Yorkshire Regt., 3rd _s._ of John George Rose, of 19, Hamilton
Street, Monkwearmouth, co. Durham, Mastmaker, by his wife, Mary,
dau. of Thomas (and Jane Anna) Browell, of Monkwearmouth; _b._
Monkwearmouth, 30 April, 1897; educ. National School there; enlisted in
the East Yorkshires, 14 Oct. 1914. but was claimed by a brother serving
with the Yorkshires for that regt. and was accordingly transferred. He
was killed in action in France, 13 Oct. 1915.
=ROSE, GEOFFREY CRAIG=, 2nd Lieut., 3rd Battn. Seaforth
Highlanders, attd. 1st Battn. Gordon Highlanders, elder _s._ of
Charles Edward Rose, of Townshend House, Regent’s Park, N.W., Author
and Dramatist, now Hon. Supt. of St. Dunstan’s, Regent’s Park, by his
wife, Mary Greer, dau. of James Connell, of Kilmarnock, Ayrshire;
_b._ Hampstead, 2 Nov. 1896; educ. Ovingdean Hall, Brighton (Rev.
D. H. Marshall), and Aldenham School, co. Herts (E. Beevor’s House);
was given a commission in the 3rd Seaforth Highlanders, from the
O.T.C., 14 Aug. 1914; went to France in Nov., attd. to the 1st Gordons,
and died in London, 13 Feb. 1915, from wounds received in action near
Wytschaete on 14 Dec., while gallantly leading his men into action. He
was distinguished at school for his exceptional promise as a writer and
debater (he had an article accepted by a magazine at the age of 16).
[Illustration: =Geoffrey Craig Rose.=]