Canadian Virtual War Memorial

Cenotaph – Cenotaph Barrie, Ontario

Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc

Photo of GEORGE STANLEY ROGERS – Photograph of Lieutenant George S. Rogers, Royal Flying Corps.

Photo of GEORGE STANLEY ROGERS – Barrie flag for Lieutenant George Rogers.

Newspaper Clipping – Photograph of Lieutenant G. S. Rogers, which appeared in the August 17, 1916 issue of the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 5.

Newspaper Clipping – Death notice that appeared in the September 16, 1916 issue of the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 8.

Newspaper Clipping – Death notice that appeared in the August 17, 1916 issue of the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 5.

Newspaper Clipping – An article excerpted from the August 31, 1916 issue of Flight, the journal of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, reporting on the inquest, held on August 23, into the deaths of Lieutenant G.S. Rogers and 2nd Lieutenant C. de Frece. (Second Lieutenant W.S.F. Saundby, the witness at the inquest, was killed in action in France fewer than three months later.)

Grave Marker – The grave of Lieutenant G.S. Rogers in the Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario, marked by a standard Commonwealth War Graves headstone. The personal inscription at the bottom reads, "Killed in aeroplane accident in England." (Image by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, 2012. This image may be copied and used without further permission.)

Family Memorial – Lieutenant G.S. Rogers is also commemorated on this family memorial, located only a few feet from his grave. Lieut. Rogers's grave, though marked by a Commonwealth War Graves headstone, lies within his family's plot at the Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario. He was survived by his parents, Thomas Rogers (1860-1931) and Susan Rogers (nee Somerville) (1863-1930), and by an older brother Dr. Norman Rogers, MD (1885-1940). He was predeceased by a sister, Myrtle (1887-1891). (Image by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, 2012. This image may be copied and used without further permission.)

Newspaper Clipping – A casualty notice that appeared in the August 17, 1916 issue of Flight, the journal of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom.

Plaque – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me