BERNEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Drummer Frederick Rose
2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment executed for desertion 04/03/1917 9552 Drummer Frederick Rose, son of Mrs E. Rose.
He had joined up in 1909. On 19 Dec 1914, he fell out in the dark as his battalion was moving up to the line at Fleurbaix, When seen in the rear, Rose claimed that he had hurt his leg & was trying to catch up. He was next seen when arrested on 16 Dec 1916 — ‘on information received’—at a house in Hazebrouck. At trial he spoke of various family troubles at home, but when cross-examined claimed inter alia that he did not know how he had fed & clothed himself during his 2 years’ absence. Despite much evidence that he had been a good & steady soldier before the war, no redeeming feature was found to upset the sentence of death. |
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