Hose R H 2nd Lt 2nd Bedfordshire Regiment
LIEUTENANT ROBERT HENRY HOSE, Bedfordshire Regiment, was the son of Robert John Hose of Bromley, Kent, and was born in 1887. He was educated at Forest School.
On leaving school he joined the firm of John Gibbs, Son and Smith, and became a member of the Stock Exchange in 1910.
Early in 1915 Lieutenant Hose joined the Royal Naval Anti-Aircraft Corps as a despatch-rider. In October he transferred to the 3/5 Bedfordshire Regiment in which he was given a commission. He was appointed Adjutant in the following March.
He remained with this battalion, which was on East Coast Defence duty, till January 1917, when he volunteered for foreign service and joined the 2nd Battalion in France in the following month.
Lieutenant Hose was killed at Arras on 18 March 1917. He left a widow and one son.
Source : The Stock Exchange War Memorial 1914-1918