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George Edwin Rogers

In memory of:

Private George Edwin Rogers

April 4, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

132232

Age:

28

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)

Division:

73rd Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Harriet Dewson (formerly Rogers), of 62, Tamille St., Montreal, and the late John Richard Rogers.

Commemorated on Page 318 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

VI. J. 8.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Digital Collection

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  • 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

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    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
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Montreal Star c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of George Rogers– According to his Attestation paper, George Edward Rogers was born on May 6, 1888. He was a plumber by trade. He enlisted on September 4, 1915 in Montreal with the 73rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Expeditionary Forces.

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    Photo of George Rogers
    Photo of George Rogers – According to his Attestation paper, George Edward Rogers was born on May 6, 1888. He was a plumber by trade. He enlisted on September 4, 1915 in Montreal with the 73rd Battalion, Royal Highlanders of Canada, Canadian Expeditionary Forces.
  • Attestation Papers– Source Library and Archives Canada

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    Attestation Papers
    Attestation Papers – Source Library and Archives Canada
  • Attestation Papers (Reverse)

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    Attestation Papers (Reverse)
    Attestation Papers (Reverse)

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