Samson Rose

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Samson Rose was born in 1893 in Pimperne, Dorset. His birth was registered in Blandford as "Samuel" but he was baptised at Winterbourne Earls, Dorset, on 8 May 1893 as 'Samson'. He was the son of William Rose, a Hawker Ironmonger, and Martha Rose (nee Bull). His siblings included William Rose, born in 1887, who also died in the war. At the time of the 1911 Census he was single, working as a Farm Labourer and living at Dean End, Woodcutts, Sixpenny Handley, Dorset. He enlisted as a Private on 11th August, 1914 and joined the 5th Battalion of the Dorsetshire Regiment (Service No. 9900). He served in the Dardanelles from 1 Jul 1915 where he received a shell wound to the foot on 18 Aug 1915 and was repatriated to the UK on 25 Sep 1915 for recovery. After recovery he was posted to France & Flanders on 13 Apr 1916. He re-joined his Battalion at Rouen, France. He died of further wounds whilst in action on 1st May 1917 and was buried at the Red Cross Corner Cemetery, Beugny, Nord Pas de Calais, France (grave id. I.B.4). He is remembered on the Sixpenny Handley War Memorial. His mother was awarded a dependent's pension of 12s.6d (62p.) per week.