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Edwin Rogers

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Sapper Edwin Rogers

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 08.06.1915
  • Place of enlistment: Toronto, Ontario.
  • Service no: 3647
  • Rank: Sapper
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Canadian Engineers
  • Unit/Ship: 3rd Divisional Signal Company
  • Place of Death: France
  • Age at Death: 22
  • Date of Death: 20.09.1916
  • Burial Country: France
  • Cemetery: Albert Communal Cemetery Extension
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: I.O.28.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 02.12.1893
  • Place of Birth: Isle of Wight, England
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Marine Fireman
  • Mother:

    Grace Smith Rogers, 32 Caldrum St, Dundee

  • Father:

    Edwin Rogers, 32 Caldrum St, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    Walter

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Edwin Rogers

Edwin was born at Parkhurst on the Isle of Wight and was the son of Edwin and Grace Rodgers of Dundee, and the brother of Pte Walter Rogers 25888, 20th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, who died 13.08.1916.

For more information on Edwin visit Edwin’s Memorial and Edwin’s Service Record and Circumstances of Death Register

There are also several references to Edwin in the Local Dundee Newspapers available in Dundee Central Library

Advertiser 18/10/1916 page 6, and 19/10/1916 page 3.

Peoples Journal 30/09/1916 page 14, 21/10/1916 page 10, and 20/01/1917 page 7.

Information researched and supplied by Gary Thomson

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