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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Flying Corps
Enlistment:
Barrie, Ontario
Death:
August 10, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
306. Block G.
Additional information
Son of Thomas and Susan Rogers of Barrie, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
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Newspaper Clipping
Death notice that appeared in the August 17, 1916 issue of the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 5. -
Newspaper Clipping
An article excerpted from the August 31, 1916 issue of Flight, the journal of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom, reporting on the inquest, held on August 23, into the deaths of Lieutenant G.S. Rogers and 2nd Lieutenant C. de Frece. (Second Lieutenant W.S.F. Saundby, the witness at the inquest, was killed in action in France fewer than three months later.) -
Newspaper Clipping
Photograph of Lieutenant G. S. Rogers, which appeared in the August 17, 1916 issue of the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 5. -
Newspaper Clipping
Death notice that appeared in the September 16, 1916 issue of the Northern Advance newspaper (Barrie, Ontario), at page 8. -
Grave Marker
The grave of Lieutenant G.S. Rogers in the Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario, marked by a standard Commonwealth War Graves headstone. The personal inscription at the bottom reads, "Killed in aeroplane accident in England." (Image by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, 2012. This image may be copied and used without further permission.) -
Family Memorial
Lieutenant G.S. Rogers is also commemorated on this family memorial, located only a few feet from his grave. Lieut. Rogers's grave, though marked by a Commonwealth War Graves headstone, lies within his family's plot at the Barrie Union Cemetery, Barrie, Ontario. He was survived by his parents, Thomas Rogers (1860-1931) and Susan Rogers (nee Somerville) (1863-1930), and by an older brother Dr. Norman Rogers, MD (1885-1940). He was predeceased by a sister, Myrtle (1887-1891). (Image by Gregory J. Barker of Barrie, 2012. This image may be copied and used without further permission.) -
Cenotaph
Cenotaph Barrie, Ontario -
Newspaper Clipping
A casualty notice that appeared in the August 17, 1916 issue of Flight, the journal of the Royal Aero Club of the United Kingdom. -
Plaque
Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Newspaper Clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Photo of GEORGE STANLEY ROGERS
Photograph of Lieutenant George S. Rogers, Royal Flying Corps. -
Photo of GEORGE STANLEY ROGERS
Barrie flag for Lieutenant George Rogers.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant George Stanley Rogers
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 573 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BARRIE UNION CEMETERY Ontario, Canada
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