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Private William ROSE, L/9878, 2nd  Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died, Mesopotamia Expeditionary Force, 28th March 1917.

Born Rochester, Kent, sdn of Albert George Rose, 3 St Peters Street, Rochester, Kent. Four brothers and two sisters.

Enlisted 10th June 1912, Chatham, Kent, age 18, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 109lbs. Formerly general labourer.

Home, 10th June 1912 to 21st October 1913; India, 22nd October 1913 to 31st January 1915; India Expeditionary Force, 1st February 1915 to 28th March 1917.

29th April 1915, reported Prisoner of War, captured at Kut al Amara and interred at Angora;  28th March 1917 - Report from Ottoman Red Crescent through Geneva Red Cross that died whilst a Prisoner of War at Angora.

Buried at Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Angora Mem. 142., Iraq.