| Sir Frank Rose | |
| Birth Date: | 7 February 1878 |
| Birth Place: | Palermo, Sicily, Italy[1] [2] |
| Death Place: | London, England |
| Birth Name: | Frank Forrester Rose |
| Allegiance: |  United Kingdom |
| Rank: | Vice admiral |
| Commands: | HMS Laurel Commander-in-Chief, East Indies Station |
| Branch: | Royal Navy |
| Battles: | World War I |
| Awards: | Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath Distinguished Service Order |
Vice Admiral Sir Frank Forrester Rose KCB DSO (7 February 1878 - 3 March 1955) was a Royal Navy officer who went on to be commander-in-chief of East Indies Station.[3]
Rose was born in Sicily, the son of British parents William Rose, a merchant, and Martha Gardner.[4] He was educated at Stubbington House School in Fareham and on HMS Britannia.[3]
Rose served in World War I initially as commander of HMS Laurel taking part in the Battle of Heligoland Bight in August 1914.[5] Promoted to rear admiral in 1929, he was appointed rear admiral commanding the destroyer flotillas in the Mediterranean Fleet in 1931[6] and then became commander-in-chief of East Indies Station in 1934[7] before being replaced due to illness in 1936.[8]
He initially married Freda Edith Gordon, daughter of Walter Alwynne Gordon. They had one son, Hugh William Mackenzie Rose, who died aboard HMS Cossack in 1941.[9] [10] In 1923, Sir Frank Forrester Rose remarried to Dorothy Maud Kay.[11]