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riding his pony himself in that race. He also won many prizes in the
Gymkhana Races, and in one cracked his skull and was unconscious for
a fortnight. He started a boxing club for the N.C.O. and sappers,
which was in flourishing condition. In Ireland he won many prizes for
his flowers, being a great gardener, and in South Africa went in for
big game shooting, polo, playing, etc. He _m._ at St. John's
Church, Chelsea, 18 Dec. 1909, Jonkvrouwe Agneta Wendela Elizabeth (The
Chestnuts, Hartford Bridge, Winchfield, co. Hants), dau. of Jonkheer
Dr. Wilhem van Citters, of Zeeland, Holland, Consul-General for the
Netherlands in Berne, and had a dau.: Noreen Leonie Ross, _b._ 16
Oct. 1913. His brother, Capt. Walrond Rose, of the Cameronians, was
killed in action, 22 Oct. 1914.
[Illustration: =Launcelot St. Vincent Rose.=]
=ROSE, OWEN WILLIAM=, Private. No. 1795, 8th Battn. The Middlesex
Regt. (T.F.), eldest _s._ of George Thomas Rose, Private, No.
12775, 6th (Service) Battn. Bedfordshire Regt., by his wife, Mary
(4, Du Burstow Terrace, Hanwell), dau. of George Mills, of Uxbridge,
Middlesex; _b._ West Ealing, London, W., 6 Oct. 1896; educ.
St. Mark's Council School, Hanwell; and was employed as a roundsman
at Sainsbury's when war broke out. He had joined the Middlesex
Territorials about 1912, and volunteered for foreign service; mobilized
at Sittingbourne and went with his regiment to Gibraltar and while
there shot a German prisoner who was trying to escape from a detention
camp. The matter was the subject of an official enquiry and it was held
that Rose had done no more than his duty. He afterwards accompanied
the Battn. to France, and was killed in action at Zonnebeke, 30 April,
1915; _unm._
[Illustration: =Owen William Rose.=]
=ROSE, RONALD HUGH WALROND=, Capt., 1st. Battn. The Cameronians
(Scottish Rifles), yst. _s._ of the late Frederick William Rose,
of Kensington, and grandson of Major Hugh Monro St. Vincent Rose, of
Tarlogie, co. Ross, 12th Lancers; _b._ London, 11 July, 1880;
educ. Scott's Preparatory School, Kensington, and St. Paul's; gazetted
2nd Lieut., Royal Warwickshire Regt. from the Militia, 4 Jan. 1899; and
promoted Lieut., 17 March, 1900, and Capt. 4 May, 1905, transferring to
the Scottish Rifles, 20 May, 1900; was Adjutant of Volunteers, 10 Oct.
1906, to 31 March, 1908, and Adjutant Territorial Force, 1 April, 1908,
to Jan. 1910; joined his regt. at Bloemfontein in 1910, and nine months
later was made Commandant of the South African School of Signalling at
Pretoria; returned to Scotland in 1912, and was stationed at Glasgow
when war broke out in Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force the same month; took part in the Retreat from Mons, the Battles
of the Marne and the Aisne; was wounded in the ankle during the German
rush for Calais, when he was in command of a covering party to the
regt., but went on leading his men until he was killed at Fromelles
in the same action, 22 Oct. 1914. He was mentioned in F.M. Sir John
(now Lord) French's Despatch of 14 Jan. 1915. He _m._ at Eastham,
29 March, 1910, Hetty (The Paddock, Heston, Cheshire), yst. dau. of
the late George Fletcher, of Liverpool, and had two children: Audrey,
_b._ 13 April, 1912; and Jean Diana, _b._ 1 May, 1914.
[Illustration: =Ronald Hugh W. Rose.=]
=ROSE, THOMAS=, Private, No 1466, 1/4th Battn. The Royal Scots
(T.F.), elder _s._ of Lewis Rose, Caretaker, Edinburgh Public
Library, by his wife, Hughina, dau. of John McIntosh, Farmer,
Tonque; _b._ Edinburgh, 20 July, 1896; educ. Broughton Public
School (Junior and Higher Grade), Edinburgh; was an apprenticed
clerk in the North British and Mercantile Insurance Co., 64, Princes
Street, Edinburgh; joined the 4th Royal Scots (T.F.) in March, 1913;
volunteered for foreign service on the outbreak of war in Aug. 1914;
went to the Dardanelles, 13 June, 1915, and was killed in action there,
13 July following. His Sergt. wrote: "I always found him a good soldier
and a willing and consistent worker. He never shirked anything either
while we were at home or since we have been out here, and we all feel
deeply the loss of one of our most steady, reliable, and hard-working
comrades." The Manager of his firm writing, said: "He was a boy of
promise, and would probably have had a successful career here."
[Illustration: =Thomas Rose.=]
=ROSE, TOM ALFRED=, A.B. (R.F.R., B. 1751), 200364. H.M.S. Good
Hope; lost in action off Coronel, on the coast of Chili, 1 Nov. 1914.
=ROSEVEARE, HAROLD WILLIAM=, 2nd Lieut., 1st Battn. The Wiltshire
Regt., eldest _s._ of the Rev. Richard Polgreen Roseveare, Rector
of St. Paul's, Deptford, and Rural Dean of Greenwich, by his wife, Mary
Isabel, dau. of Thomas Martin Skinner, of Monmouth. J.P.; _b._
Monmouth, 18 March, 1895; educ. Little Appley School, Ryde (1902-8),
Marlborough College (Scholar, 1908-July 1914), and had won a classical
scholarship at St. John's College, Cambridge, where he was to have
gone into residence in Oct. 1914. He had received a commission as 2nd
Lieut., in the Wiltshire Regt. (Special Reserve), 18 April, 1914; and
on the outbreak of war joined his regt. direct from his O.T.C. annual
training camp, 4 Aug. 1914; went to France with the Expeditionary
Force on the 13th, and died 20 Sept, following, of wounds received in
action at the Battle of the Aisne the same day, while leading a section
of his men to locate and take a machine gun. Buried at Vailly. While
at Marlborough he was senior prefect, a member of the Rugby football
fifteen, and Cadet Captain of the O.T.C.
=ROSIER, FREDERICK=, Sergt., No. 9623, 7th (Service) Battn. The
Suffolk Regt., eldest _s._ of Brad Rosier, of Walsham-le-Willows,
by his wife, Rebecca, dau. of Frederick Price; _b._ Pakenham, co.
Suffolk, 5 June, 1875; educ. Rickinghall village school; enlisted in
the 2nd Northamptonshire Regt., 15 March, 1894; served in the South
African War, 1899-1902; receiving the Queen's medal with four clasps
("Belmont," "Modder River," "Orange Free State," "Transvaal"), and
King's medal with two clasps (South Africa, "1901," "1902"); took
his discharge, 14 March, 1903, and then joined the Reserve for six
years. After the outbreak of war he re-enlisted in the 7th Suffolks, 7
Sept. 1914, with his former rank of Sergt., and after acting as Drill
Sergt. for some time at Shorncliffe, went to France, 30 May, 1915, and
died in the Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, 25 July, 1915, of wounds
received in action. Buried in Boulogne Cemetery (Grave No. 2582). His
commanding officer wrote: "He was not only a very efficient sergt.,
but also a good keen man on whom I knew I could always rely to carry
out the most dangerous of our duties. His pluck when in pain from his
wound was magnificent." He was for ten years a bellringer at St. Mary's
Church, Walsham-le-Willows, and was also secretary of the local branch
of his Trade Union. Sergt. Rosier _m._ at Walsham-le-Willows, 13
Dec. 1902, Ellen (Walsham-le-Willows, Bury St. Edmunds), y |