BORN HULL 1890. SON OF JAMES & ANNIE E. ROGERS, OF BEAN STREET, HULL.
HIS WIFE, MARGARET MAY ROGER, LIVED AT 8, BUCKINGHAM TERRACE, ADELAIDE STREET, HULL, WITH THEIR YOUNG SON AND 14, HORSHAM TERRACE, WEST PARADE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
A FORMER SOLDIER. HE HAD SERVED IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CAMPAIGN. HE WORKED AS A COAL TIPPER, FOR THE NORTH EASTERN RAILWAY AND WAS WELL KNOWN ON THE DOCK.
HE ENLISTED HULL. SERVED WITH THE 4TH EAST YORKSHIRES IN FRANCE SINCE MARCH 1915. HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION ON 17/11/1916, AGED 26. HIS BODY WAS NOT FOUND AND HE IS COMMEMORATED ATTHE THIEPVAL MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING ON THE SOMME.
HE IS PHOTOGRAPHED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 15/03/1915. *