ROSBROOK, George
No. 66050, Private, George ROSBROOK (E)
Aged 18
no medal entitlement
3rd Battalion, Suffolk Regiment
Died of Illness on Friday 16th May, 1919
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George William WALLIS was born in 1900 in Stetchworth (Newmarket Q4-1900 4B:490 son of Eliza WALLIS. His mother married Thomas James
ROSBROOK (Newmarket Q4-1900). He always used the surname ROSBROOK.
1901 census...George ROSBROOKE [7 months] born Stetchworth was at Mill Hill, Exning with father Thomas James ROSBROOKE [24] stableman born Lichfield, Staffs and mother Eliza ROSBROOKE [26] born Stetchworth. 1911 census...At 2 Laceys Lane, Exning were George ROSBROOK [10] with father Thomas James ROSBROOK [33] stableman born Lichfield, his mother Eliza ROSBROOK [36] born Heath Farm, Cambs (this is in parish of Stetchworth), Alfred ROSBROOK [8] and Laura ROSBROOK [4], the three children born Exning. There was a boarder George WALLIS [25] stableman born Heath Farm, Cambs. His father, Thomas James ROSBROOK's army records have survived in part. Thomas enlisted in the Royal Engineers on 14th December 1915 as a 38 years old stableman, born Lichfield. He gives as his wife Elizabeth NEALE who he married on 24th June 1916 at St Martin's Church, Exning, whilst living at 2 Rowley Terrace, Laceys Lane, Exning. Two children by his first wife, Alfred born 16th June 1902, and Laura May born 8th July 1906. Registers show 1st wife Eliza, George's mother, died Q4-1915. |
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George Rosbrook's death was registered in Lewisham in Q2-1919 Ref 1D-957 (Hither Green deaths would be registered in Lewisham). His Army discharge
records have survived but unfortunately, as was traditional, the doctors handwriting is very nearly undecypherable. Attested on 30th August 1918, his civilian occupation was given as baker and grocery assistant. He was 18 yrs 3 days on enlistment, giving his birth place as Exning. He was 5' 6.5" (168.9 cm)tall and weighed 120 lbs (54.6 kg). He gave as next of kin Thomas ROSBROOK, father, at 2 Lacey Lane, Exning. His stay in General Military Hospital, Eastbourne was from 6 January to 8 March 1919, then discharged he was transferred to a sanitorium at Hither Green. The cause of death was Pulmonary Tuberculosis. His service did not lead to qualification for any medals. George's entry in "Our Exning Heroes" reads as follows: Rosbrook, G. Cambridge and Suffolk Reserves George Rosbrooke worked at the Co-operative, Exning, while his father was out at Salonika. He joined the Army on September 18th, 1918, and was sent to Hastings for his training. After six weeks there he was attacked with scarlet fever and influenza, and pneumonia also set in, leaving his lungs seriously affected. He was first placed in hospital at Hastings and afterwards was sent to Eastbourne, and from there to Hither Green, where he received his discharge on March 8th, 1919. His condition grew rapidly worse and he died in hospital on May 6th, at the age of 18 ½ . He was buried in Exning Cemetery. |
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