Soldier in the Royal Irish Fusiliers killed in France.
Andrew Behan has researched Rose: Lance Corporal Edgar Cecil Rose was born in August 1891 in the parish of St Mary's, Paddington, the son of George Ernest Rose and Margaret Ellen Rose née Hoskins. His father was a Chemists Manager. The 1901 census shows him living with his parents and 5 year old sister, Dorothy Marguerite Rose, at 1 Beaconsfield Road, St Albans, Hertfordshire, but by the time of the 1911 census he was boarding at the home of a widow, Sarah Dudley and her son Herbert William Dudley at 54 Turnpike Lane, Hornsey. Both he and Herbert Dudley were shown as being Railway Clerks employed by the Grand Central Railway.
On 2 September 1914 he enlisted into the 9th (County of London) Battalion, The London Regiment (Queen Victoria's Rifles), his service number being 2924. On 22 January 1915 he embarked from Southampton, entering France at Le Harve. He suffered an ulcerated big toe on his left foot and was returned by hospital ship to England in January 1916. He was transferred in November 1916 to The Royal Irish Fusiliers, service number 43380, and was promoted to the rank of Lance Corporal on 24 April 1917.
On 16 August 1917 he suffered gun shot wounds to his left arm, right leg and face. The was taken first for treatment at 109 Field Ambulance before being conveyed to No.3 Canadian Casualty Clearing Station and finally to No.32 Stationary Hospital at Wimereux, France. On 6 September 1917 the War Office sent a telegram to his father at 187 High Street, Borough, London, advising that his son was dangerously ill and if he desired to visit him to call for a permit at Alexandra House, Kingsway. They later contacted him again to advise that they regretted that permission to visit could not be granted.
He died, aged 26 years, on 10 September 1917 and was buried in Plot 6, Row A, Grave 23a at the Wimereux Communal Cemetery, Wimereux, Boulogne, France. Because of the sandy nature of the soil, the headstones in this cemetery are laid flat on the graves. On 17 January 1918 his army effects totalling £10-10s-6d were sent to his sister and she was also sent his war gratuity of £13-10s-0d on 7 November 1919. He was posthumously awarded the 1914-1915 Star, the British War Medal 1914-1918 and the Victory Medal.
Credit for this entry to: Alan Patient of www.plaquesoflondon.co.uk
