The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J A Rogers

Photograph by - "International Wargraves Photography Project"

Private James Arthur ROGERS, G/17487, 11th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 27th November 1916.

Born Henfield, Sussex, son of John Walter & Mary Ann Rogers.

7th October 1883, Shermanbury, Sussex, baptism of James Arthur Rogers, son of John & Mary Ann Rogers.

1st June 1907, Hampton, Middlesex, married Lydia Parker.

Children - James Arthur Rogers, born 21st December 1908: Edward Albert Parker Rogers, born 1st October 1910.

1911 Census - 22 Duntshill Road., Earlsfield, Wandsworth, SW - James Arthur Rogers, head, age 27, married, Horseman on Railway, worker, born Henfield, Sussex; Lydia Rogers, wife, age 25, married 3 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Poplar, London; James Arthur Rogers, son, age 2, born Earlsfield, SW; Edward Albert Parker Rogers, son, age 6 months, born Earlsfield, SW.

Children - John Walter Rogers, born 20th September 1912, Lambeth; George Lewis Rogers, born 19th May 1917.

Enlisted Hampton Hill, Middlesex, age 32 years & 67 days, height 5ft 4½ inches, weight 154lbs, 4 vaccination marks, left arm. Resided 6 Queens Bench, Station Road, Hampton, Middlesex. Formerly carman.

Separation Allowance of 19/6 a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to wife.

Home 13th November 1915 to 20th September 1916; BEF 21st September 1916 to 27th November 1916.

13th November 1915, enlisted; 14th November 1915, to Army Reserve; 31st May 1916, mobilized; 1st June 1916, posted 12th Battalion Essex Regiment, Service No.30409; 1st September 1916, transferred to 25 Training Reserve, Service No.TR/9/8728?; 21st September 1916, posted BEF; 21st September 1916, transferred to 10th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 22nd September 1916, embarked / disembarked; 4th October 1916, posted 11th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment.

18th June 1917, pension of 28/9 a week awarded to widow & four children.

3rd June 1920, Statement of Relatives - Widow, Lydia Rogers, 6 Queens Bench, Station Road, Hampton; Children - James Arthur Rogers, 21st December 1908, 6 Queens Bench, Station Road, Hampton; Edward Albert Parker Rogers, born 1st October 1910, 6 Queens Bench, Station Road, Hampton; John Walter Rogers, 10th September 1912, 6 Queens Bench, Station Road, Hampton; George Lewis Rogers, 19th May 1917, 6 Queens Bench, Station Road, Hampton; Father, John Walter Rogers, Chart House, Chart Lane, Reigate, Surrey; Mother, Mary Annie Rogers, Chart House, Chart Lane, Reigate, Surrey; Brothers - John Albert Rogers, age 28, 32? South View Road, High Brooms, Tunbridge Wells, Kent; Percy William Rogers, age 23, 39 Norman Road, Wrexham, Wales; Leonard W Thomas Rogers, age 21, 114 Station Street, Loughborough, Leicestershire; Charles Henry Rogers, age 18, Chart House, Chart Lane, Reigate, Surrey; Sisters - Nellie Annie Henderson, age 32, Chaple Cottage, Felpham, Bognor; Ursula E Rogers, age 30, 22 Reginal Road, Bexhill on Sea; Ada F Rogers, age 19, Chart House, Chart Lane, Reigate, Surrey; Grandparents - Elizabeth Sparsholt, no settled address; Nephews / Nieces - Francis Henderson, age 12, Chaple Cottage, Felpham, Bognor; Madline Henderson, age 10, Chaple Cottage, Felpham, Bognor; Marmule? (Mandeville?) Henderson, age 8, Chaple Cottage, Felpham, Bognor; Uncles / Aunts - Elizabeth Taylor, age 52, 22 Reginal Road, Bexhill on Sea; Ellen Sparsholt, age 51, not shaw of address; William Sparsholt, age 49, 22 Reginal Road, Bexhill on Sea; James Sparsholt, age 43, not shaw of address; Thomas Sparsholt, age 40, Bottom Chart Lane, Reigate, Surrey.

Buried at Spoilbank Cemetery, I. N. 8., Belgium.

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