ROGERS Arthur Richard

  • First Name(s):
    Arthur 
    Richard 
  • Surname:
    ROGERS
  • Service Number:
    T4/127777
  • Rank:

    Driver

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Army Service Corps
  • Unit:
    No. 1 Reserve Horse Transport Depot
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    19th April 1916
  • Age At Death:
    24
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Acton Cemetery, Middlesex, England, Screen Wall Panel 7. (Section G, Row M, Grave 75.)
  • Place of Birth:
    Born Kingswinford, Staffordshire, resident Dudley, enlisted Worcester
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Samuel and Elizabeth Rogers, 37 John St., Wordsley, Stourbridge, Worcestershire

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

ROGERS Arthur Richard Is Named On These Memorials

Great Witley War Memorial

Further Information About ROGERS Arthur Richard

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral, regiment given as Royal Army Service Corps.

Unable to positively identify casualty on Commonwealth War Graves Commission or Soldiers Died in the Great War.

United Parish Magazine, Witley section, June 1916:
We regret to report that Arthur Rogers has died in hospital only a few weeks after he joined.

United Parish Magazine, Witley section, December 1917:
A memorial service and the dedication of the war shrine took place on Sunday November 4th at Great Witley Chapel —— The shrine is the more interesting from the fact that it is made of the wood of the Britannia. An old battleship, which was, until a few years ago, the training place of all our naval officers. The names on the Roll of Honour are: Frank Adams, Worcester Yeomanry; Thomas Hanson Averill, Kings Liverpool Regiment; John Cadwallader, Worcester Regiment; William Hinton, D. Of Wellingtons Regiment; Henry Hodges, Worcester Yeomanry; Charles Jones Grenadier Guards; William Jay, Worcester Regiment; Ernest Lockett, Worcester Regiment; Thomas Page Worcester Yeomanry; Arthur Rogers, A.S.C.; George Stone, Worcester Regiment; Frederick Thorp, Worcester Yeomanry; George Willsher, Worcester Yeomanry.

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Credits: Parish magazine researched by Eve Fraser.