GEORGE ROGERS

Born: 1899, Ipswich.

Died: 7th October 1918; KiA.

Enlistment Location: Ipswich.

Rank: Private; Service Number: 242380

Regiment: Cambridgeshire Regiment, 1st Battalion.

Formerly 2731, Suffolk Regiment.

Medals Awarded: Victory & British War.

Body exhumed, identified by a cross on grave and reburied.

Grave Reference:

VII.K.14.

Orchard Dump Cemetery,

Arleux-En-Gohelle,

Pas de Calais,

France.

CENSUS

1901   48, Wykes Bishop Street, Ipswich.

George was 2 years old and living with his parents, step brother & sisters.

George Rogers, 33, a Painter – Iron Works, born Ipswich.

Charlotte Rogers (nee Curtis), 33, born Ipswich.

Albert Charles Curtis, 11, born Ipswich.

Ellen Melina Rogers, 7, born Ipswich.

Sarah Edith Rogers, 4, born Ipwich.

1911   27, Wykes Bishop Street, Ipswich.

George was 12 years old and living with his parents & siblings.

George, 40, a Painter – Engineering Firm.

Charlotte, 42.

Ellen, 17, work at Jam Factory.

Sarah, 14, work at Tobacco Factory.

Charlotte Susannah Rogers, 10, born Ipswich.

Edward Rogers, 7, born Ipswich.

Henry Philip Rogers, 5, born Ipswich.

Rose Violet Rogers, 3, born Ipswich.

Charles Wilfred Rogers, 1, born Ipswich.

George’s father, George Rogers died 1916, Ipswich.

Soldiers’ Effects to Charlotte Rogers – mother.

George is also remembered on the Orwell Works Memorial Ransomes Sims & Jefferies Ipswich.

Cambridgeshire Regiment, 1st Battalion