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Son of Annie Rogers of Welland, Ontario. His brother, Ernest Arthur Rogers, was killed in action on April 4, 1917 while serving with the Canadian Infantry, 29th Battalion.
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Private Richard Charles Rogers
Ernie Rogers (1894-1917) and brother Dick Rogers (1891-1917) played together, fought together, and were both killed in France within a one month period. Brothers at peace. Companions in life and war. Served for freedom.
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Private Richard Charles Rogers
"Dick" Rogers was born in Buffalo, New York on September 20, 1891. He grew up and attended school in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Less than two months before being killed in action, (in one of his regular letters home dated March 12, 1917) Dick said; "this has been the hardest winter I ever put in and I hope I will never have to put in another one in France. We are getting pretty fed up with rain and mud."
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Private Richard Charles Rogers
Photo from France, 1917. Dick is bottom left (with moustache) sitting directly below his younger brother Ernie Rogers.
Dick regularily wrote letters home, sometimes asking for chewing tobacco, and little else. He seemed content as long as his young brother Ernie was OK.
Shortly after this photo, both Rogers brothers were killed in battle.
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Private Richard Charles Rogers
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Private Richard Charles Rogers
Orchard Dump Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (J.Stephens)
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Private Richard Charles Rogers
Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
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Ernie Rogers (1894-1917) and brother Dick Rogers (1891-1917) played together, fought together, and were both killed in France within a one month period. Brothers at peace. Companions in life and war. Served for freedom.
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"Dick" Rogers was born in Buffalo, New York on September 20, 1891. He grew up and attended school in Welland, Ontario, Canada. Less than two months before being killed in action, (in one of his regular letters home dated March 12, 1917) Dick said; "this has been the hardest winter I ever put in and I hope I will never have to put in another one in France. We are getting pretty fed up with rain and mud."
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Photo from France, 1917. Dick is bottom left (with moustache) sitting directly below his younger brother Ernie Rogers. Dick regularily wrote letters home, sometimes asking for chewing tobacco, and little else. He seemed content as long as his young brother Ernie was OK. Shortly after this photo, both Rogers brothers were killed in battle.
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Orchard Dump Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France (J.Stephens)
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Remembering brothers lost … Brothers In Arms Memorial, Zonnebeke, BE … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens … May 2022
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 318 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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ORCHARD DUMP CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
Orchard Dump Cemetery is in the village of Arleux-en-Gohelle, on the main road (D919) from Arras to Henin-Lietard. The cemetery lies on the left side of this road approximately 1 kilometre from the village of Bailleul-Sire-Berthoult.
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