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Roos, Gustaf Oscar, 1868-1916
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1868-1916
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ROOS, GUSTAF OSCAR, younger son of Gustaf Enrenzeich Roos, Queen’s Gate Terrace, London, and Annie, dau. of George Roffey, Twickenham, Middlesex; b. 21 Aug 1868; adm. 22 Sep 1882 (H); QS 1883; left Jul 1887, with Triplett; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 19 Oct 1887; 3rd cl. Maths (Mods) 1889, 1st cl. Jurisprudence 1889; BA 1891; 2nd cl. Civil Law 1893; BCL 1893; MA 1895; adm. solicitor Dec 1895; practised at Johannesburg, South Africa; served in Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry during South African War, and severely wounded at battle of Spion Kop 1900; Capt., 14th (Service) Battn., Yorks and Lancs Regt., 16 Nov 1915; went out to Egypt 24 Dec 1915, and to France Mar 1916; killed in action near Serre in battle of the Somme 1 Jul 1916, unm.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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http://firstworldwar.westminster.org.uk/?p=905
Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.
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