ROSE Geoffrey Frank

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

The following information has been researched by Tony Wainwright:
Geoffrey was born in Dudley, Worcestershire in July 1892, the third of three sons and four children born to Arthur Thomas Frederick Rose, a sand merchant, and his wife Emily nee Stokes. In 1901 they lived at 33 Russell Street, Dudley and in 1911 at 31 Island Road, Garston, Liverpool, when the father is an inspecting engineer on his own account; the eldest son, Joseph, is not shown on the Census but is to be found boarding at Cairns Street, Walsall, when he is said to be a Clerk in Holy Orders; their second son, Arthur Carl, aged 20 years, is a clerk at a copperworks; and Geoffrey Frank, 18 years, is an engineering student in construction. Geoffrey enlisted in Liverpool on 3rd September 1914, aged 22 years 47 days, and gave his occupation as an engineer and his next of kin as his father of 29 Clarendon Road, Garston. On 18th October 1915 he was appointed Lance Corporal (Unpaid) and on 1st November 1915 as paid Lance Corporal. A week later, on 7th November 1915, he landed in France. On 1st January 1916 he was promoted to Corporal and between 25th March and 7th April 1916 was attached to 30th Division Grenade School. On 27th June 1916 he was admitted to 97th Field Ambulance having sustained a gunshot wound to his face and on 31st May resumed with his unit. On 1st July 1916 he was killed in action, aged 23 years. He earned all three medals but has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial.

Liverpool Echo, 21st July 1916:
“A Dear, Brave Lad.”
Corporal Geoffrey Frank Rose, aged twenty-three, of the “Pals”, son of Mr and Mrs Rose, has been killed. He joined in August, 1914. The late Colonel Trotter, from whom his parents had a letter, spoke of Corporal Rose as a “dear, brave lad, and a splendid soldier.”

Geoffrey Rose
Photo courtesy of Tony Wainwright

Geoffrey Rose has no known grave, the photograph available shows his name on Thiepval Memorial.