On graduation from university, having gained a
Bachelor of Arts degree, Rose joined the Regular Army
Coldstream Guards as a second lieutenant on 22 October 1964. and was promoted lieutenant on the same day. Rose was promoted
major on 31 December 1972, and after attending the
Staff College, Camberley, became the
Brigade Major of the 16th Parachute Brigade from 1973 until 1975, serving in Northern Ireland attached to the
Devon and Dorset Regiment and being awarded a
Mention in Despatches. He was promoted
lieutenant colonel on 30 June 1978, and was commanding officer of
22 SAS from 1979 to 1982, as part of which he was in control of the operation to free the hostages of the
Iranian Embassy Siege in 1980; he was portrayed by
Robert Portal in the 2017 film about the siege,
6 Days. Rose was appointed an
Officer of the Order of the British Empire on 7 January 1980. Serving in Northern Ireland in 1981, Rose was awarded the
Queen's Gallantry Medal, which was not gazetted until 1994. Rose commanded SAS operations in-theatre during the
Falklands War, following which he was promoted to
colonel on 30 June 1982, and Mentioned in Despatches. He conducted negotiations with the Argentine forces to arrange their surrender deploying some of the skills that he had learnt from the Iranian Embassy siege. After being promoted
brigadier on 31 December 1983, Rose served as the commander of the 39th Infantry Brigade from 1983 to 1985. He was appointed a
Commander of the Order of the British Empire in April 1986. From 1987 until 1988, Rose was
Commandant of the
School of Infantry, Rose was General Officer Commanding
North East District and Commander
2nd Infantry Division based in
York from 30 October 1989 to 30 September 1991, During this period he was promoted
major general. Between 1991 and 8 April 1993 he served as
Commandant of the
Staff College, Camberley, following which he was promoted
lieutenant general on 17 May 1993, and knighted as a
Knight Commander of the Order of the Bath. From 26 April 1993 to 1994, Rose served as
Commander UK Field Army and Inspector-General of the
Territorial Army. Rose was Commander,
United Nations Protection Force in
Bosnia-Herzegovina from 24 January 1994 to 23 January 1995. His service in this period was recognised on 5 May 1995 when he was awarded the
Distinguished Service Order. On 14 March 1995 Rose resumed his appointment as Commander UK Field Army, and on 10 May 1995 became Honorary Colonel of the
Oxford University Officer Training Corps. Rose became
Adjutant-General on 7 July 1995, and
Aide-de-Camp General to
The Queen on 9 September 1995, in which role he served until 31 August 1997. Rose was appointed Colonel of the Regiment of the
Coldstream Guards on 23 August 1999. On 10 March 2000 his tenure as Honorary Colonel of the Oxford University Officer Training Corps came to a conclusion, and he was succeeded by General
Sir Roger Wheeler. Rose was called as a witness by Serbia and Montenegro in a case held at the
International Court of Justice. ==Other occupations==