SAMSON ROSE
- Died: 01 May 1917
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 9900
- Died: 01 May 1917
- Rank: Private
- Service no at death: 9900
Personal
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- Surname: ROSE
- Forename: SAMSON
- Initials: S
- Date of Birth: 1893
- Place of Birth: Shroton
- Place of Birth Source: 1911 Census
- Address:
- Schools attended: Sixpenny Handley School c. 1901
- Employment / trade: Farm labourer
- Place of work:
- Family (parents and grandparents): Son of William Rose and Martha nee Bull Grandparents Stephen and Eve (nee Mason) Bull
- Spouse Name:
- Notes: Samson was the brother of William Rose who also died in First World War 2 Apr 1917. The two brothers died within a month of each other. In the 1881 Census parents living in a Gypsy tent at Milston, near Salisbury
Military
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- Regiment at call-up: Dorsetshire Regiment
- Regiment at discharge:
- Rank at call-up: Private
- Service no at call-up: 9900
- Date of attestation: 11 Aug 1914
- Date of call-up:
- Area reported to: Blandford
- Source: 1911 Census
- Naval vessels served:
- Decorations and awards:
- Other service details: Served in British Expeditionary Force Aug 1914Sep 1915. Served in Dardanelles, gun shot wound to arm 18 Aug 1915, returned to England on Ambulance Ship "Tunisian". Invalided to England on Hospital Ship "Ashurian" 2 Oct 1915. In UK Sep 1915Apr 1916. Returned to France Apr 1916 but received shell wound to right foot 8 May 1916. In UK 27 May 7 Oct 1916. To Rouen 7 Oct 1916. Nov 1916Jan 1917 Sick (sprained ankle, myalgia) returned to England. Feb 1917 returned to France. Died of wounds 1 May 1917.
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- Other service no:
- Service facts:
Death and Memorial
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- Age at death: 24
- Date of death: 01 May 1917
- Regiment at death: Dorsetshire Regiment
- Battalion at death: 5th Bn.
- Rank at death: Private
- Circumstances of death: War diary entry 1 May 1917 "At about 10pm 3 shells came over from the direction of Mouyres [Moeuvres] and landed about our Battalion HQ. One direct hit killed 9900 Pte Rose and [8 others] and also killed 3 mules and one charger".
- Service no at death: 9900
- Field of action at death:
- Place of death:
- Location of grave: Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beughy
- Position: I B 4
- Other memorials: Sixpenny Handley War Memorial
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