Obituary: Fred Rose

September 2019

With great sorrow the Association learnt of the death of Fred Rose in September 2019. Fred celebrated his 96th birthday in great style at the Officers’ Mess in Mansergh Barracks during the Association visit to Germany in 2018.

Fred served with BFES from 1966 to 1972 accompanied by his late wife Freda and their two daughters. Freda taught in Osnabrück, and Gütersloh before taking up the post of headteacher in Renhold Lower School in Bedford. Fred was DHT at Haig School from 1967 to 1972. Their daughters Di and Helen both attended Trenchard school; Helen later attended Kings.

Fred had been reminiscing earlier in the week he died about the reunion in Gütersloh, such a wonderful time and he was so proud and happy to have been able to go.