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Son of Joseph and Elizabeth Rogerson, of Chorley, Lancs, England; husband of Elizabeth Ann Rogerson, of 5, Town Line, Merritton, Ontario.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Merritton War Memorial. Pte. Elijah Rogerson's name was accidentally not included on this memorial.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter. Blowup of Private Rogerson from band group photograph.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter. 176 Canadian Infantry Battalion Band group photograph. Private Rogerson is the second person on the left back row.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter. Front of Christmas card sent to Private Rogerson's daughter Alice from France.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter. Reverse of Christmas card sent to Private Rogerson's daughter Alice from France.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Private Rogerson's enlistment paper - front.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Private Rogerson's enlistment paper - reverse.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Memorial Park in Thorold. The cenotaph has the engravings of those who were lost in The Great War. Elijah's name is engraved here.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Elijah Rogerson's name engraved on the Cenotaph.
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Private Elijah Rogerson
Inscription on the bottom of the Thorold Memorial Park cenotaph.
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Merritton War Memorial. Pte. Elijah Rogerson's name was accidentally not included on this memorial.
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The Cenotaph at Memorial Park in St. Catharines, Ontario, was dedicated on August 7th, 1927 by the Prince of Wales (future King Edward VIII), and unveiled by Brigadier General W. B. M. King, C.M.G., D.S.O. The names of St. Catharines men who died as a result of their service during World War I are listed on two bronze tablets located at City Hall.
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Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter.
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Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter. Blowup of Private Rogerson from band group photograph.
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Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter. 176 Canadian Infantry Battalion Band group photograph. Private Rogerson is the second person on the left back row.
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Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter. Front of Christmas card sent to Private Rogerson's daughter Alice from France.
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Image supplied by Private Elijah Rogerson's granddaughter. Reverse of Christmas card sent to Private Rogerson's daughter Alice from France.
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Private Rogerson's enlistment paper - front.
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Private Rogerson's enlistment paper - reverse.
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Memorial Park in Thorold. The cenotaph has the engravings of those who were lost in The Great War. Elijah's name is engraved here.
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Elijah Rogerson's name engraved on the Cenotaph.
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Inscription on the bottom of the Thorold Memorial Park cenotaph.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 493 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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FAUBOURG-D'AMIENS CEMETERY, ARRAS Pas de Calais, France
Fabourg-d'Amiens Cemetery is in the western part of the town of Arras in the Boulevard du General de Gaulle, to the south of the road to Doullens.
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