BORN HULL 1895. SON OF JOSEPH ROSE (1861-1933) & ANNA MARIE GELHARD (1862-1919), OF 29, SEATON STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS) AND 91 BARMSTON STREET, HULL (ARMY RECORDS ADDRESS). SON OF A GAS WORKS STOKER. HE HAD BROTHERS, RICHARD, THOMAS AND HAROLD ROSE, SISTERS, RACHEL AND ETHEL.
HE WORKED IN A PAPER PRESS, AS A MACHINE PRINTER. HIS ARMY RECORDS DESCRIBED HIM, AS 5 FOOT, 6.5 INCHES TALL, 37-40 INCH CHEST, BROWN EYES, DARK BROWN HAIR, WESLEYAN RELIGION.
HERBERT ROSE, ENLISTED IN THE 1/4TH EYR, ON 20/08/1914. TRANSFERRED TO THE 1/5TH EYR (HULL CYCLISTS). POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 01/09/1915. WOUNDED IN THE BUTTOCK, ON 14/02/1916. RETURNED TO ENGLAND. HE RETURNED TO FRANCE, ON 27/09/1916. POSTED TO THE 13TH EYR, ON 11/10/1916. KILLED IN ACTION, AT SERRE, ON 13/11/1916, AGED 21. HE HAD SERVED IN THE ARMY FOR 2 YEARS AND 87 DAYS.
HE IS BURIED AT SERRE NO: 2 CEMETERY, SOMME, FRANCE.
HE HAD MARRIED, MARY ANN RUSK, AT CORNWALL IN 1916.. THEY HAD NO CHILDREN. SHE MOVED TO NORTHUMBERLAND AFTER HIS DEATH.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 09/01/1917.
HIS NAME IS INSCRIBED ON THE STONE PILLAR MEMORIAL AT ST MARYS CHURCH, SCULCOATES LANE, HULL.
HIS ELDER BROTHER, HAROLD FREDERICK ROSE, SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORPS AND WAS WOUNDED IN THE WAR.
