Frank Forrester Rose

Vice Admiral Sir Frank Forrester Rose KCB DSO (7 February 1878 – 3 March 1955) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be commander-in-chief of East Indies Station.[3]

Sir Frank Rose
Birth nameFrank Forrester Rose
Born7 February 1878
Palermo, Sicily, Italy[1][2]
Died3 March 1955(1955-03-03) (aged 77)
London, England
AllegianceUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
Service/branch Royal Navy
RankVice admiral
Commands heldHMS Laurel
Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station
Battles/warsWorld War I
AwardsKnight Commander of the Order of the Bath
Distinguished Service Order

Early life and education

Rose was born in Sicily, the son of British parents William Rose, a merchant, and Martha Gardner.[4] He was educated at Stubbington House School in Fareham and on HMS Britannia.[3]

Rose served in World War I initially as commander of HMS Laurel taking part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in August 1914.[5] Promoted to rear admiral in 1929,[6] he was appointed rear admiral commanding the destroyer flotillas in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1931[7] and then became commander-in-chief of East Indies Station in 1934[8] before being replaced due to illness in 1936.[9]

Personal life

He initially married Freda Edith Gordon, daughter of Walter Alwynne Gordon. They had one son, Hugh William Mackenzie Rose, who died aboard HMS Cossack in 1941.[10][11] In 1923, Sir Frank Forrester Rose remarried to Dorothy Maud Kay.[12]

References
  1. 1911 England Census
  2. Italy, Select Births and Baptisms, 1806–1900
  3. "Obituary: Vice Admiral Sir Frank Rose". The Times. 5 March 1955. p. 8.
  4. UK, Registers of Births, Marriages and Deaths From British Consulates, 1810–1968
  5. Destroyers engaging the German Cruiser Mainz, 28 August 1914
  6. "No. 33531". The London Gazette. 3 September 1929. p. 5716.
  7. "Royal Navy admirals 1904-1945". Archived from the original on 14 November 2007. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  8. Whitaker's Almanack 1936
  9. East Indies Commander Ill The West Australian, 15 May 1936
  10. "Wreck Site".
  11. "Wreck Site".
  12. Burke, Sir Bernard, ed. (1939). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knighthood (97th ed.). Burke's Peerage & Gentry. p. 2896.
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