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Walter Rogers

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Walters pension record courtesy of WFA

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment:
  • Place of enlistment: Dundee
  • Service no: 25888
  • Rank: Private
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Highland Light Infantry
  • Unit/Ship: 20th Battalion
  • Place of Death: Dundee War Hospital
  • Age at Death: 21
  • Date of Death: 13.08.1916
  • Burial Country: Scotland
  • Cemetery: Dundee Eastern Necropolis
  • Grave/Mem Ref no: PP.4.263.

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth:
  • Place of Birth: Sandgate, Kent
  • Address: 32 Caldrum Street, Dundee
  • Occupation:
  • Mother:

    Grace Smith Rogers, 32 Caldrum St, Dundee

  • Father:

    Edwin Rogers, 32 Caldrum St, Dundee

  • Siblings:

    Edwin

  • Spouse:
  • Children:

More about Walter Rogers

Walter was the brother of Sapper Edwin Rogers 3647, 3rd Divisional Signal Company, Canadian Engineers, who was killed in action 20.09.1916.

Walter Rogers   25888   Highland Light Infantry

ROGERS—At Dundee War Hospital, on the 13th, Private Walter Rogers, 20th Battalion Highland Light Infantry, second son of Mrs Rogers, 32 Caldrum Street, Dundee, aged 21.

Dundee Courier 14th August 1916

Additional information kindly supplied by Michael Caldwell

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