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