Private William Rose

Army Number : 31870

Battalion : 17th Battalion Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derbys) Regiment.

Born at Fishpool, Ravenshead, Nottinghamshire. Son of John Charles and Ann Selina Rose, of Chapel Lane, Fishpool, Mansfield, Nottinghamshire. He attempted twice to enlist at Mansfield and was refused because of defective eyesite. but he eventually managed to enlist at Hucknall, Nottinghamshire. He went to France 6th March 1916 and was killed in action near Bethune, France, 13th April 1916, age 18.

Buried/Commemorated : Cambrin Churchyard Extension, France. Row F. Grave 48.

Cambrin Churchyard Extension, France.

Second Lieutenant William Miles Smalley is also commemorated on the following local memorials:-
Mapperley War Memorial, Nottingham.
Nottingham Central Methodist Mission (Albert Hall) War Memorial.
Nottingham University OTC War Memorial, Nottingham.
High Pavement Grammar School Roll of Honour, (Nottinghamshire Archives), Nottingham.
Victoria Embankment War Memorial, Nottingham.