ROLLASON Stephen

  • First Name(s):
    Stephen 
  • Surname:
    ROLLASON
  • Service Number:
    183692
  • Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

  • Conflict:
    WW2
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Support Services
  • Corps:
    Royal Army Ordnance Corps
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    6th August 1942
  • Age At Death:
    29
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery, Iraq, Grave 22. M. 4.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Mr. and Mrs. Stephen Rollason; husband of Kathleen (Kit) Rollason, of Worcester

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ROLLASON Stephen Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Royal Grammar School

Further Information About ROLLASON Stephen

Appears on the Army casualty list for Worcestershire.

Stephen Rollason attended Worcester Royal Grammar School from 1925 to 1929. After leaving school he attended the Victoria Institute where he gained a Higher National Certificate. He was the Cub Pack Master of the St Barnabas Rover Scouts. He worked as a draughtsman in the experimental shop at Heenan and Froude in Worcester for 8 years before enlisting in the Royal Army Ordnance Corps in 1939. Stephen served for 8 months in France before being evacuated at Dunkirk.

In 1942 Stephen was in Iraq helping with the maintenance and recovery of vehicles. On the day before he died he went to bed complaining of feeling unwell having been out in the extreme heat all day. He died of heat stroke during the night and was found by his Batman the following morning. He left a wife, Kathleen, and a one year old daughter, Anne.

Source for additional information: In Dedication to a Future World By Mark Rogers, 1999.

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