Percy ROSEN

Main CPGW Record

Surname: ROSEN

Forename(s): Percy

Place of Birth: Manchester, Lancashire

Service No: 15258

Rank: Private

Regiment / Corps / Service: Lancashire Fusiliers

Battalion / Unit: 19th (Service) Battalion. (3rd Salford) (Pioneers)

Division: 49th (West Riding) Division

Age: ---

Date of Death: 1918-10-14

Awards: ---

CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: III. F. 21.

CWGC Cemetery: BUCQUOY ROAD CEMETERY, FICHEUX

CWGC Memorial: ---

Non-CWGC Burial: ---

Local War Memorial(s): Not Listed (View Names Not Listed on a Local War Memorial)

Additional Information:

Percy Rosen was the son of Hyman and Esther Rosen (née - ). Both parents were born in Poland (Russia).

1901 Manchester, Lancashire Census: 8, Fernie Street - Percy Rosen, aged 8 years, born Manchester, son of Hyman and Esther Rosen.

Percy was married to Nancy Warburton in 1915. In 1911 Nancy was living with her parents at 36, Valley Road, Barnoldswick. Nancy married Robert Henry Smith, 10 February 1919.

British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Percy Rosen, 15258, 19 Bn Lanc. Fusrs. Theatre of War first served in: 1 - France. Date of entry therein: 23.11.15. Died 14.10.18.

British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Percy Rosen, 15258, 21st Lancs Fusrs; 19th Lancs Fusrs; 1/8th Lancs Fusrs.

Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Percy Rosen, 15258, 19 Bn Lancs Fuslrs. Date and Place of Death: 14.10.18 wds France or Belgm. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Widow - Nancy. £29 10s. 9d.

UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Percy. Name(s) on card(s): Widow: Nancy, born 14.1.93. Address (1) 62, Rainhill [Rainhall] Road, Barnoldswick, Yorks. Address (2) 32, Albert Road, Blackpool. Children: Tom Rosen, born 10.9.15.

Percy is commemorated in the 'British Jewry Book of Honour' as: Cpl. P. Rosen, 15258, 19th Lancs. Fusiliers. Date of Death: 14 October 1917 [sic]. Address: 32, Albert Road, Blackpool.

The informal title of the 19th (Service) Bn Lancashire Fusiliers (3rd Salford) (Pioneers) was the 3rd Salford Pals.

Data Source: Soldiers Died in the Great War 1914-19 Records

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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---

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