Charles William Rose
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Charles William Rose was born in 1891 the son Frederick an asylum attendant and Lucy Rose (née Atkin). Frederick was born in 1855 at Creaton, Northamptonshire and died at Nottingham in 1910 aged 55. Lucy Atkin was born in 1861 at Billinge, Lincolnshire. Married at Nottingham in 1886, they had five children, all born at Mapperley - Grace Rose b.1887, George Fred b.1889, John Butler b.1890, Charles b.1891 and Blanche Mary b.1892. In 1901, they lived at 10, Porchester Road and in 1911 at 379, Woodborough Road, (both Mapperley, Nottingham). Lucy Rose kept house in 1911 whilst Grace worked as a blouse machinist, Fred as a policeman, Jack was a telephone mechanic and Blanche a shop assistant.
Charles William Rose enlisted at Nottingham and was killed on the opening day of the Third Battle of Ypres (Passchendaele). Charles Rose's unit assembled at 03.30 on 31st July 1917 and at 03.50 began to advance in the Artillery Wood area under a creeping barage along with the 4th wave of Scots Guards. Typical of the opening of 3rd Ypres, progress was made throughout the day as 3rd Grenadier Guards captured first the Black and subsequently the Green Lines despite heavy enemy shell and machine gun fire. As the battalion rested before being relieved, recorded the war diary, 'exceptionally heavy rain fell all the evening and all night' - grim anticipation of the appalling weather which was to bedevil 3rd Ypres as the battlefield steadily became a morass of mud. 40 men from 3rd Bn Grenadier Guards were killed on July 31st 1917 and a further 112 were to die before the battle ground to a halt.
Menin Gate, Panel 9 and 11 Charles's brother John Butler (Jack) Rose served (110883) with the Machine Gun Corps. Landing in France on 26th April 1915, he survived the war. Research by Peter Gillings Charles William Rose's birth was registered J/A/S/1891 so he may have been 26 when killed. Military research by David Nunn Sources: 3rd Battalion Grenadier Guards War Diary (TNA WO95/1219/1/2) and the CWGC Debt of Honour Register
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