This name is at St Mark's War Memorial, Kennington Oval, London SE11
W. C. Rose
(Rose, William Charles)
Service no. 26846
Private, Durham Light Infantry, 15th Bn.
Died of wounds on 25 March 1918, aged 29
Remembered at St Sever Cemetery, Rouen, Seine-Maritime, France
Information from the 1911 census
The Rose family lived at 20 Bennett Street, Southwark. William Charles Rose, then 21, was a sales assistant for a hatter. His father, James Henry Rose, 60, was a compositor born in the City of Westminster; his mother, Emily Rose, 59, was born in St. Giles. William's sisters Mary Ann, 34, and Florence Alice, 19, had no occupations listed, so presumably they did not work. Maud Ellen, 16, however, worked as a cutter-off in the printing trade. There was a boarder, Arthur E. Lawford, a 31-year-old single salesman, and a servant, Rose Davis, 18.
British Army Service Records
Address: 10 Newington Crescent, Kennington Park Road
Born: 9 November 1889
Age: 26 years and 1 month when joined
NOK: James Henry Rose
Chest: 35 inches with 2 and a half inches expansion
Occupation: tobacco dresser
Note: "He comes over giddy at times due in my opinion to excessive cigarette smoking." - Medical form
Joined: Whitehall Central Recruiting Depot
Posted (BEF): 18 December 1916
Joined battalion: 24 January 1917
Gassed 1 November 1917
Admitted to hospital: 5 May 1917 - 23 June 1917 (18 days)
Also 4 July 1917 - 24 August 1917 (52 days)
Both episodes are annotated "I.C.T." (?) and "Legs"
Died at No 9 General Hospital, Rouen, France - general wounds to the abdomen
Served: 2 years, 105 days
(Records very difficult to decipher - there is a kit list, not transcribed here)