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Frank Edward Rogers

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Frank Edward Rogers

April 12, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/131020

Age:

19

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Additional Information

Son of Edward Lennox Rogers and Ethel W. Rogers, of Port Colbome, Ontario, Canada. Senior Athletic Champion 1941, High School, Port Colborne, Ontario. His brother, Frederick Lennox Rogers, also died on service.

Commemorated on Page 208 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

DISHFORTH CEMETERY
Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Grave Reference:

Grave 62.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Frank Edward Rogers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Frank Edward Rogers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Frank Edward Rogers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Frank Edward Rogers is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Star April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of FRANK EDWARD ROGERS– Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of FRANK EDWARD ROGERS
    Photo of FRANK EDWARD ROGERS – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Memorial– Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022

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    Memorial – Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram April 1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Hamilton Spectator c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Hamilton Spectator c.1943. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Frank E. Rogers– Frank Rogers of Port Colborne

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    Photo of Frank E. Rogers – Frank Rogers of Port Colborne
  • Gravemarker

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    Gravemarker
  • Group Photo– From left to Right: Betty Rogers, Frederick Lennox Rogers, Frank Edward Rogers (also killed in combat) and Gwen Rogers.

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    Group Photo – From left to Right: Betty Rogers, Frederick Lennox Rogers, Frank Edward Rogers (also killed in combat) and Gwen Rogers.
  • Cemetery– Frank's grave marker in Dishford, England. Frank's grave is in the first row on the far right with the pink flowers in front of it.

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    Cemetery – Frank's grave marker in Dishford, England. Frank's grave is in the first row on the far right with the pink flowers in front of it.

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