In Memory Of

ROOS, GUSTAF OSCAR

Service Details
Age:
 47
Date of Birth:
 1868-08-21
Rank:
 Captain
Unit:
 14th Bn.
Unit 2:
 "A" Coy.
Regiment:
 York and Lancaster Regiment
Date of Death:
 1916-07-01
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action, near Serre in the Battle of Somme
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 III. D. 10.
Cemetery:
 DOUCHY-LES-AYETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Localitly:
 Pas de Calais
Country:
 France
Additional Information
Son of Gustaf and Elizabeth Annie Roos, of 7, Queen's Gate Terrace, London. Served in the South African Campaign. M.A., B.C.L. (Balliol College), Oxford. Born London, England. Admitted to Westminster School in 1882, became a Queen's Scholar in 1883. In 1887 left the school and was admitted to Balliol College Oxford where he took a first-class in jurisprudence in 1891. As a law student in London he took a very active part in organising and managing working boys' clubs in the East End which were managed as a charitable endeavour. He became a solicitor and often worked as a 'Poor Man’s Solicitor' at Toynbee Hall. In the Boer War joined Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry. He was twice wounded, severely at the Battle of Spion Kop in 1900, and obtained the Queen’s Medal with six clasps and the King’s Medal. He then remained in Johannesburg practicing once again as a solicitor. ref. South African Roll of Honour 1914-1918