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Surname: RODGERS
Forename(s): George Henry
Place of Birth: Caterham, Surrey
Service No: L/153
Rank: Gunner
Regiment / Corps / Service: Royal Field Artillery
Battalion / Unit: 'B' Battery 159th Brigade
Division: 35th Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1917-05-01
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: I. F. 7
CWGC Cemetery: SAVY BRITISH CEMETERY
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: FOULRIDGE, LANCASHIRE
Additional Information:
George Henry Rodgers was the son of George Greaves and Sarah Ellen Rodgers, née Richmond. George, senior, was born at Ridgeway near Eckington, Derbyshire and Sarah at Cowling, Yorkshire.
1901 Foulridge, Lancashire Census: Hole-in-the-Wall Inn - George Rodgers, aged 7 years, born Caterham, Surrey. [George and his mother, Sarah Ellen Rodgers, widow, were living with her brother and sister-in-law, John and Ruth Richmond.]
1911 Foulridge, Lancashire Census: Hole-in-the-Wall Inn - George Rodgers, aged 17 years, born Caterham, Surrey. [George was living with his aunt - Ruth Hattersley Richmond, widow.]
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Gnr George H. Rodgers, L/153, R.F.A. K. in A. 1.5.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Gnr George Henry Rodgers, L/153, R.F.A. Killed in A. 1.5.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Gnr George Rodgers, L153, B/159 Bde. R.F.A. Date and Place of Death: 1.5.17. In action. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Aunt and sole legatee - Ruth Richmond. £17 16s. 6d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for George. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Foster Mother - Mrs Ruth Hattersley Richmond. Address: Hole-in-the-Wall Inn, Foulridge, Colne, Lancs.
Photograph: 'Colne & District Roll of Honour & War Record 1914-1919'.
Data Source: West Yorkshire Pioneer Article
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Gunner George Henry RODGERS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Royal Field Artillery
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 35th Division
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11 May 1917
FOULRIDGE – THREE SOLDIERS KILLED
Last week-end news reached the village of the deaths of two more soldiers – Privates Cocker and Hartley, and on Monday morning another death was announced, that of Pte. George Rodgers, of the Hole-in-the-Wall, Foulridge The first-named leaves behind him a widow and one child, but the others were unmarried. Pte. Hartley’s brother and father both died not very long ago from illness, and the family now consists of the widowed mother and one son, who is also in the army. Pte. Cocker was not, strictly speaking, a Foulridge man, but was married to a Foulridge girl, and for a short time before his enlistment lived in the village. The other two, however, were very well known, and were little more than lads. The three announcements coming so closely together have caused something of a sensation in the village.
[Pte. Cocker actually survived the war.]
18 May 1917
FOULRIDGE
MEMORIAL SERVICE – On Sunday morning a memorial service was held at the Parish Church for three Foulridge young men who have lost their lives in the war, viz., Privates Cocker, Hartley, and Rodgers. A large congregation was present. A special address was delivered by the Vicar, and appropriate hymns were sung.
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