We have just received word that our oldest retired police officer, former Inspector Arthur Rose, aged 90, died at his home in England on Tuesday 17th March after suffering from a bout of pneumonia. We will be sending our sincere condolences to his sister Jean.
We will be providing more information but we understand that there will be a Crematoria Service for Arthur on Tuesday 7th April in Hastings, Sussex.
Death of retired Police Inspector Arthur Rose - aged 90
We have received the sad news that retired Inspector Arthur Rose passed away on Tuesday 17th March after a short illness. Arthur was just a few weeks short of his 91st birthday and was our oldest Bermuda Police pensioner. CLICK HERE for an excellent article in the Royal Gazette on 23rd March 2015.
Editors note - Unfortunately, the link to the Royal Gazette article no longer works.
Born in Hastings, Sussex, on 27th March 1924, he served with the Lancashire Fusiliers, mainly in India during the Second World War, and joined the Bermuda Police Force in April 1951, where he served for 28 years, before retiring as an Inspector in the Police Traffic Department.
Arthur started his police career on the beat in Hamilton, then as a Parish Constable in Paget, before being promoted to Sergeant, serving in Hamilton and St. George. After promotion to Inspector he spent the rest of his service in the Police Traffic Department.
An all-round and imposing sportsman being 6’ 4” in height, he played in both our first Bermuda Police football team, and our first Police rugby team during the early 1950’s, and was also an avid squash and tennis player. (CLICK HERE to check out the article about Arthur in the “Then and Now” column of our website at expobermuda.com
Arthur was a very popular member of the Force and was well known for always “whistling while he worked”!
After leaving the Police he worked for Stevedoring Services for 10 years before eventually moving back to England having spent 57 years here in Bermuda. For the past 7 years he had been living with his sister, Mrs Jean Wright in Hastings, Sussex.
There will be a funeral service for Arthur at 11am on Tuesday 7th April at the Hastings Crematorium in East Sussex, and there will be a gathering of family and friends afterwards at Arthur’s favourite little pub, The Queen’s Head in Ickleshall to which any former Bermuda police officers are cordially invited. If anyone living in the UK can attend the funeral could you please let us know at info@expobermuda.com