BORN HULL 1898. SON OF WALTER HENRY ROSE (1854-1936) & EMMA ANN SPENCER (1869-1954), LIVED AT 2 STEPHEN’S TERRACE, STRICKLAND STREET, HULL (CWGC ADDRESS). SON OF A DOCK LABOURER. ONE OF SEVEN CHILDREN. HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A PRIVATE, IN THE 1/4TH EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. DIED OF WOUNDS, ON 23/07/1916, AGED 18.
HE IS BURIED AT BAILLEUL COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION, NORD, FRANCE.
HIS BROTHER, WILLIAM ROSE, 1386, ROYAL NAVAL RESERVE, WAS LOST AT SEA, ON THE TRAWLER “PERSIAN EMPIRE”, ON 14/01.1915, AGED 19. THEIR DEATHS WERE REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/01/1917.
First name:
ERNEST
Regiment:
Military Number:
3169
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/07/1916
Place died:
Bailleul Communal Cemetery Extension, Nord, France
Age:
18
