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Surname: ROGERS
Forename(s): Joseph
Place of Birth: Skipton, Yorkshire
Service No: 28740
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 16th (Service) Battalion. (1st Bradford)
Division: 31st Division
Age: 21
Date of Death: 1917-05-02
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: II. F. 5.
CWGC Cemetery: AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Joseph Rogers was the son of Peter and Bridget (a.k.a. Isabella) Rogers (née - ). Both parents were born in County Tyrone, Ireland.
1901 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 10, Mill Bridge - Joseph Rodgers [sic], aged 5 years, born Skipton, son of Peter and Bridget Rodgers.
1911 Skipton, Yorkshire Census: 47, Westmorland Street - Joseph Rogers, aged 16 years, born Skipton, son of Peter and Bridget Rogers.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Joseph Rogers, 28740, W. York. R. D. of W. 2.5.17.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Joseph Rogers, 28740, 16th W. York. R. Died of Wounds 2.5.17.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Joseph Rogers, 28740, 16th Bn W. Yorks. Date and Place of Death: 2.5.17. France. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Mother and sole legatee - Bell. £3 14s.4d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: card(s) exist for Joseph. Name(s) on card(s): Mother: Mrs Isabella Bridget Rogers. Address: 53, Westmoreland [sic] Street, Skipton, Yorks. Died 18.1.25.
The informal title of the 16th (Service) Bn Prince of Wales's Own (West Yorkshire Regiment) (1st Bradford) was the 1st Bradford Pals.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record:
ROGERS, Joseph, aged 21, West Riding Regiment, 53, Westmorland Street, Skipton, killed in action, France, May 2, 1917.
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Private Joseph ROGERS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Prince of Wales’s Own (West Yorkshire Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 31st Division
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11 May 1917
ROGERS – May 2nd 1917, from wounds received in action in France, Pte. Joseph Rogers, West Yorkshire Regiment, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rogers, 56, Westmorland Street, Skipton, aged 21 years.
11 May 1917
SKIPTON'S ROLL OF HONOUR– PRIVATE JOSEPH ROGERS, WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT
We are sorry to state that Private Joseph Rogers, West Yorkshire Regiment, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rogers, 53, Westmorland Street, Skipton, died of wounds on May 2nd. Twenty-one years of age, he enlisted in June 1916, and went out to France eight months ago. He was formerly a clerk in the employ of Messrs. Carr and Co., grocers, Skipton, and had also served the Skipton Board of Guardians in a similar capacity. In a letter to the parents, the matron of a clearing station in France, writes:– “Your dear son has been admitted here mortally wounded in the legs. He was terribly bad and all we could do was to give him ease and make him as comfortable as possible. He was so splendidly brave through it all, but he passed away at 8 o’clock this morning, May 2nd. I am very sorry for you in this great trouble.”
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11 May 1917
ROGERS – Died of wounds in France, May 2nd, Pte. Jos. Rogers, of the West Riding Regiment, only son of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rogers, of 53, Westmorland Street, Skipton, aged 21 years.
11 May 1917
SKIPTON SOLDIER DIES OF WOUNDS
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rogers, of 53, Westmorland Street, Skipton, have received information that their only son, Pte. Joseph Rogers, of the West Yorkshire Regiment, died of wounds in the 42nd Casualty Clearing Station, France, on May 2nd. In a letter to Pte. Rogers parents the Matron at the hospital, states:– “Your dear son has been admitted here mortally wounded in the legs. He was terribly bad, and all we could do was to give him ease and make him as comfortable as possible. He was so splendidly brave through it all, but he passed away at 8 o’clock this morning (May 2nd). I am so very sorry for you in this great trouble. He will be buried today in a soldier’s grave.”
Pte. Rogers, who was 21 rears of age, enlisted in June of last year, and had been out in France about eight months. He was formerly employed as a clerk by Mr. George Carr, grocer, Skipton, and previously in a similar capacity by the Skipton Board of Guardians.
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