Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Maurice Bagley Rogers
In memory of:
Gunner Maurice Bagley Rogers
August 10, 1944
Military Service
L/103417
31
Army
Royal Canadian Artillery
5 Anti-Tank Regt.
Additional Information
Son of John and May Rogers, of Edgeley, Saskatchewan.
Commemorated on Page 431 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BRETTEVILLE-SUR-LAIZE CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Calvados, France
VII. F. 10.
This cemetery lies on the west side of the main road from Caen to Falaise (route N158) and just north of the village of Cintheaux. Bretteville-sur-Laize is a village and commune in the department of the Calvados, some 16 kilometres south of Caen. The village of Bretteville lies 3 kilometres south-west of the Cemetery. Buried here are those who died during the later stages of the battle of Normandy, the capture of Caen and the thrust southwards (led initially by the 4th Canadian and 1st Polish Armoured Divisions), to close the Falaise Gap, and thus seal off the German divisions fighting desperately to escape being trapped west of the Seine. Almost every unit of Canadian 2nd Corps is represented in the Cemetery. There are about 3,000 allied forces casualties of the Second World War commemorated in this site.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Team Photo – Maurice (Slim) Bagley Rogers on the hockey team at Edgeley, Saskatchewan with family, cousins and friends. Circa1925. BACK: L-R: Coach?, Ray (Luke) Rogers, Maurice (Slim) Rogers, Fred Smith, Clarence Tait, Doug Rogers (twin brother of Maurice), Gordon Rogers (brother of Maurice). FRONT: Bob Hardie, ?, Chuck Kinvig. Boy in leather cap? -
![Photo of Maurice (Slim) Rogers– 1943, age 29. Handwritten note with photo "His Aunt Emma [Rogers] Wright, received this photo of her nephew Maurice Rogers June 23, 1943." Maurice embarked for Europe July 23, 1943 and arrived July 28, 1943. He died August 10, 1944, 30 years of age in the Battle of Normandy. From a farm at Edgeley, Saskatchewan, Slim was known for his hockey and baseball skills. by Tom Rogers](https://cvwm.images.cloud.veterans.gc.ca/2335430_3.jpg)
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Photo of Maurice (Slim) Rogers – 1943, age 29. Handwritten note with photo "His Aunt Emma [Rogers] Wright, received this photo of her nephew Maurice Rogers June 23, 1943." Maurice embarked for Europe July 23, 1943 and arrived July 28, 1943. He died August 10, 1944, 30 years of age in the Battle of Normandy. From a farm at Edgeley, Saskatchewan, Slim was known for his hockey and baseball skills. by Tom Rogers -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Leader Post September 1944. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Maurice Bagley Rogers – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of Maurice Bagley Rogers – Left to Right: Doug, Gord, and Slim (Maurice Bagley) Rogers. Slim and his siblings ~ 1920.
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