Her case was rejected by the High Court and Court of Appeal. In 2013 Gentle lobbied Glasgow City Council to retain memorial benches in George Square as the city council undertook a revamp of the square. In recognition of her campaigning efforts she was awarded an honorary degree by the University of Glasgow in 2017 to which she commented that her son would be "laughing his head off" at the thought of her attending University. In 2018 Scottish Government justice minister Humza Yousaf said in an interview that he was inspired to become involved in politics on the back of the campaign against the Iraq War. He noted that it was when listening to Gentle speak about the death of her son that he had to become involved in campaigning for the Scottish National Party and Scottish independence. In June 2019 a memorial service with the local school and a bench was established for her son in Crookston, Glasgow. Earlier that month she had been highly critical of war memorials being vandalised in the Scottish media. Rose Gentle contested the East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow seat in the 2005 general election against Armed Forces minister Adam Ingram. Despite the Scottish Socialist Party standing down to give Gentle a free run, she only received 3.2% of the vote, coming second last place in the constituency.