ROSE George William

George Rose enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 24th September 1914 at Valcartier, Quebec, Canada.  On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 17th May 1893 in Derby, England, his occupation as a waiter and his next of kin as his mother, Elizabeth Rose of Ottawa West, Canada.  He had 3 years previous military service in the 43rd Regiment. George was 5 feet 5½ inches tall with brown eyes, brown hair and a fair complexion.

His service records reveal a number of admissions to a number of Field Ambulances, Casualty Clearing Stations and hospitals from 1915 onwards suffering from various illnesses including German Measles, Balanitis and Cellulitis.  He was recorded as absent without leave for 2 days in November 1917, granted permission to marry on 19th January 1918 and given 14 days leave on 2nd March 1918. [The marriage of George W. Rose to to Ellen B. Bunn is registered in the March Quarter 1918 under the Upton Registration District.]  George was admitted to No 42 Casualty Clearing Station on 16th July 1918 with a gunshot wound to his left leg.  He returned to duty on 25th August 1918, rejoining his unit from Base on 14th September 1918.  On 31st January 1919 he was admitted to No 12 Canadian Hospital, Bramshott, England where he died at 11.05 on 4th February 1919 from influenza and broncho pneumonia.

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 8458 – 21.

A photograph of Bugler G. Rose, Canadian Field Ambulance, can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 9th June 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.