Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Photo of EDWARD BRITTON ROGERS – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Letter – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Other – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Other – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Other – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star August 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

Grave marker – Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in France

Gananoque Remembers – Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices. Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.

Memorial Page – Edward Rogers is honoured on page 141 and 142 of the Gananoque Remembers booklet, published on January 31, 2005.

Memorial Page 2

Biography

Memorial Stained Glass – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1374 Maj Edward Britton Rogers (RMC 1918) was the son of James Turner Rogers and Florence Atkinson Rogers; husband of Ruth Blanchard Rogers of Gananoque, Ontario. He served in the Royal Canadian Artillery, 2 Anti-Tank Regt. He died on Jul 23, 1944 at 35 years of age. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France.

Memorial – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1374 Maj Edward Britton Rogers (RMC 1918) was the son of James Turner Rogers and Florence Atkinson Rogers; husband of Ruth Blanchard Rogers of Gananoque, Ontario. He served in the Royal Canadian Artillery, 2 Anti-Tank Regt. He died on Jul 23, 1944 at 35 years of age. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France.

Memorial Doll – Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 1374 Maj Edward Britton Rogers (RMC 1918) was the son of James Turner Rogers and Florence Atkinson Rogers; husband of Ruth Blanchard Rogers of Gananoque, Ontario. He served in the Royal Canadian Artillery, 2 Anti-Tank Regt. He died on Jul 23, 1944 at 35 years of age. He was buried in the Bretteville-sur-Laize Canadian War Cemetery in Calvados, France.

Photo of Edward Rogers – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me