The Privates Rogers and Osgoode Tablet was erected by the No. 1 Company Governor Generals Foot Guards and the Ladies Soldiers Aid Association of Ottawa and unveiled on May 2, 1887.
In 1885, the Civil Service Rifle Regiment sent a company to Northwest Canada to help quell the Northwest Rebellion. All members of the company were selected because they were expert shots and as a result they were known at “The Sharpshooters”. They formed part of Colonel Otter’s column that relieved the town of Battleford on April 24. Members of the Regiment came under fire on May 2 for the first time at the Battle of Cut Knife Hill. It was here that the Regiment suffered its first fatalities - Privates William Osgoode and John Rogers.
