David Robert Rose (FS 48-52). We thank Claire Nightingale (nee Rose) for the following notice:
“David Rose (Foundation 48-52) recently passed away on the 7th November 2020 from cancer after a long battle with the disease.
David spent much of his childhood in the Lake District with his uncle Robin, who ran many hotels and pubs in the area. He attended St Bees School as his aunt Mary worked as the secretary of the school. After leaving St Bees, David joined the army as a young second lieutenant, passing out from Sandhurst in 1954 and spending the first few years of his army career in the Artillery Regiment. He was stationed in Germany and was part of the armed train resupplying West Berlin after the partition of Germany following World War II. He later transferred to the Pay Corps as a qualified chartered accountant and spent the remainder of his time in the army in the Pay Corps reaching the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. After early retirement David took on positions as a fundraiser for the National Trust in Wales and also became Secretary of Abergele Golf Club in North Wales where he and his family had settled.
David is survived by wife, Gwen, daughters Susan and Claire (L 82-84) and grandsons Talek and Morgan Nightingale.”

 

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