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

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

  1. ^ 1911 England Census
  2. ^ Italy, Select Births and Baptisms, 1806–1900
  3. ^ a b "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.
Military offices Preceded bySir Martin Dunbar-Nasmith Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station 1934–1936 Succeeded bySir Alexander Ramsay
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