Chapter Nineteen
Hastings by the Sea Reporter
OBITUARY
JOHN ROSE, 1888-1940 – ALICE ROSE, 1887-1940
John and Alice Rose were killed in an air raid when they were visiting relatives recently. John was a bookkeeper in Hastings, and served with distinction as a pilot in World War One. Alice Rose was an accomplished pianist, and award-winning gardener, gaining several awards in yearly Hastings First Bloom flower show; she also volunteered regularly at that Veteran’s Hospital. The couple is survived by their daughter Edith Wallace, a ferry pilot with the Air Transport Auxiliary, recently married to Eric Wallace, a pilot with the RAF.