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Oliver John Rogers

In memory of:

Corporal Oliver John Rogers

July 22, 1916

Military Service


Service Number:

L/7375

Age:

31

Force:

Army

Unit:

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information


Son of George Rogers; husband of Sarah Ann Rogers. Left Kamloops, British Columbia, Aug., 1914, to enlist. Three of his brothers served in the same Regiment and two in others.

Commemorated on Page 573 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information


Cemetery:

CATERPILLAR VALLEY CEMETERY
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

XIV. D. 28.

Location:

Longueval is a village approximately 13 kilometres east of Albert and10 kilometres south of Bapaume. Caterpillar Valley Cemetery lies a short distance west of Longueval on the south side of the road to Contalmaison. Within the cemetery is Caterpillar Valley (New Zealand) Memorial, which commemorates those officers and men of the New Zealand Division who fell in the Battles of the Somme, 1916, and whose graves are not know.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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