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Gunner Norman Riddell Rogers
Norman Riddell Rogers, age 29 (1915), in his father's store on King St. in Gananoque, Ontario
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Gunner Norman Riddell Rogers
Norman Riddell Rogers, age 6
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Gunner Norman Riddell Rogers
Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P>
Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P>
Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P>
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Gunner Norman Riddell Rogers
Norman Rogers is honoured on page 53 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005.
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Gunner Norman Riddell Rogers
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Gunner Norman Riddell Rogers
Entry in 27th Battery war diary which shows that the cause of death for Gunner N. R. Rogers was a premature explosion.
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Gunner Norman Riddell Rogers
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gananoque<P>
Photo courtesy of Chris Andrew.
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Norman Riddell Rogers, age 29 (1915), in his father's store on King St. in Gananoque, Ontario
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Norman Riddell Rogers, age 6
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Gananoque, Ontario is a small town situated on the St. Lawrence River in the heart of 1,000 Islands. It is one of hundreds of communities throughout Canada with war memorials which commemorate more than 110,000 men and women who lost their lives during both world wars. Over a thousand citizens from Gananoque and surounding areas served in the navy, army, or air force: 83 lost their lives in parts of Canada, and in the battlefields of Europe. Among the dead of Gananoque include a 15 year old solider, a father of ten, four sets of brothers and a Victoria Cross winner. <P> Today the town cenotaph lists the names of those who died and few citizens are aware of their family backgrounds or their circumstances of their deaths. Geraldine Chase of Gannaoque and Bill Beswetherick of Kingston believed it was necessary to collect this information and perpetuate their sacrifices.<P> Gananoque Remembers book is a tribute to those who gave their lives for our freedom.<P>
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Norman Rogers is honoured on page 53 of the <i>Gananoque Remembers</i> booklet, published on January 31, 2005.
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Entry in 27th Battery war diary which shows that the cause of death for Gunner N. R. Rogers was a premature explosion.
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St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Gananoque<P> Photo courtesy of Chris Andrew.
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Page 156 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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