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Three: Private A. Rose, Cheshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 6...
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Three: Private A. Rose, Cheshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 6 July 1917 1914-15 Star (3033 Pte. A. Rose. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3033. Pte. A. Rose. Ches. R.); Memorial Plaque (Alexander Rose) the plaque pierced at 12 o’clock, otherwise very fine and better (4) £160-£200 --- Alexander Rose was born in Manchester and attested for the Cheshire Regiment at Stockport, serving with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 July 1915. He died of wounds at a Casualty Clearing Station on 6 July 1917, most likely from wounds received the previous day, when a party of four officers and 133 other ranks raided the Caliban Trench and support trench, which were situated opposite the Hill Top Sector, Ypres. The objective was to kill and capture as many of the enemy as possible; to destroy the enemy’s defences; and to secure information. In spite of strenuous opposition all the objectives were achieved, five prisoners were captured, and information of considerable value was obtained. Two Military Crosses and four Military Medals were awarded for this raid. Rose is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
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Three: Private A. Rose, Cheshire Regiment, who died of wounds on the Western Front on 6 July 1917 1914-15 Star (3033 Pte. A. Rose. Ches: R.); British War and Victory Medals (3033. Pte. A. Rose. Ches. R.); Memorial Plaque (Alexander Rose) the plaque pierced at 12 o’clock, otherwise very fine and better (4) £160-£200 --- Alexander Rose was born in Manchester and attested for the Cheshire Regiment at Stockport, serving with the 6th Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 1 July 1915. He died of wounds at a Casualty Clearing Station on 6 July 1917, most likely from wounds received the previous day, when a party of four officers and 133 other ranks raided the Caliban Trench and support trench, which were situated opposite the Hill Top Sector, Ypres. The objective was to kill and capture as many of the enemy as possible; to destroy the enemy’s defences; and to secure information. In spite of strenuous opposition all the objectives were achieved, five prisoners were captured, and information of considerable value was obtained. Two Military Crosses and four Military Medals were awarded for this raid. Rose is buried in Mendinghem Military Cemetery, Poperinge, Belgium. Sold with copied research.
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