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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

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SERAIN Communal Cemetery Extension (Aisne France)

Pte George Henry Rogers 06/10/1878 - 10/09/1916
George was born in Walsall where he married Eliza Taylor in 12/1900, however she passed away in 1904.
He worked at Prices', Bank Street, and previously was a socket maker at the Crown Tube works, Wednesbury.
As a boy he attended Tantarra Street Schools.
George was a prominent member of the Brotherhood Cricket Club, and topped the batting averages in 1914.
He enlisted in the Army in 04/1916 serving initially in the Duke of Cornwall’s Light Infantry with regimental number 26952.
George transferred at some stage to the Devonshire Rgt prior to being drafted to France.
He was buried in Sorel Le Grand before to be reburied here on 08/10/1924.
The War Diary records the following for his ‘official’ date of death:
“10 September 1916 - Battalion resting. Divine service 7pm.”
The Walsall Observer, however, reported that George had been KiA during an attack on Monday 04/09/1916.
George's brother, Ernest Rogers served with the South Staffordshire in France.
for his great nephew Peter Taylor
and for Graeme Clarke and the people of Walsall
Pte Thomas Yates 25/03/1918 aged 21
His parents are buried in St Paul's church walkden greater Manchester in which Thomas is also remembered.
for his great great nephew Lee Farnworth

90 casualties

AMBERY WILLIAM JAMES OSWALD
Australian Driver Australian Field Artillery 10th Bde. Age: 32 Date of Death: 13/10/1918 Service No: 301 A.39.

ANDREWS C
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 50th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 13/10/1918 Service No: 8648 A.8.

ANSTIS M
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 6305 A.21.

BARNES FRANK
United Kingdom Private Royal Fusiliers 3rd Bn. Age: 37 Date of Death: 17/10/1918 Service No: 29073 B.7.

BELL J R M
United Kingdom Serjeant Tank Corps 4th Bn. Date of Death: 09/10/1918 Service No: 75584 A.41.

BERTHON ERIC
Australian Gunner Australian Field Artillery 10th Bde. Age: 20 Date of Death: 13/10/1918 Service No: 36866 A.40.

BETTANEY J W
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 36337 A.5.

BOYLE T
United Kingdom Private Royal Scots 11th Bn. Date of Death: 29/03/1918 Service No: 41212 B.34.

BROOKE E
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/8th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 27/03/1918 Service No: 305620 B.32.

BROWN D W
United Kingdom Private Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) 13th Bn. Date of Death: 17/10/1918 Service No: 315066 B.8.

BUTCHER J A
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 15th (The King's) Hussars 15th Bn. Date of Death: 27/03/1918 Service No: 15534 B.31.

COBB G
United Kingdom Private Gloucestershire Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 18/10/1918 Service No: 39863 B.21.

CONLON R
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 15322 A.22.

CONROY JAMES JOSEPH
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/6th Bn Age: 19 Date of Death: 17/03/1918 Service No: 30129 B.28.

COOK JOHN EMETT
United Kingdom Private Middlesex Regiment 16th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 10/09/1916 Service No: G/1389 B.48.

CRIDDLE A
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 5102 A.23.

CUNNACK G J
United Kingdom Captain Royal Engineers 180th Tunnelling Coy. Date of Death: 17/10/1918 B.11.

DAINE A J
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 6032 A.26.

DAVIES E W
United Kingdom Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 31345 A.35.

DEBENHAM FREDERICK THOMAS
United Kingdom Private The Loyal North Lancashire Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 05/09/1916 Service No: 26017 B.47.

DYSON GEORGE
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 36609 B.26.

EDGE A
United Kingdom Private Royal Army Medical Corps 77th Field Amb. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 56618 A.45.

FISH E C
South African Private South African Infantry 2nd Regt. Age: 21 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: X/716 B.24.

FLEMING M
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 3950 A.25.

FLETCHER J E
United Kingdom Private Northumberland Fusiliers 2nd Bn. Date of Death: 18/10/1918 Service No: 3038 B.19.

FLINDERS HERBERT JOHN
United Kingdom Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 33651 A.32.

FOGARTY J
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 15188 A.7.

FURNIVAL JAMES ERNEST
United Kingdom Lance Corporal The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18th Bn. Age: 23 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 24247 A.37.

GALLAGHER T
United Kingdom Regimental Serjeant Major Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 10/10/1918 Service No: 6388 A.1.

GARRY P
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 15256 A.17.

GOODMAN ARTHUR JOHN
United Kingdom Private Royal Army Medical Corps 77th Field Amb Age: 25 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 8920 A.46.

GREEN H
United Kingdom Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 43676 B.1.

GRIMWOOD CHARLES ROBERT
United Kingdom Bombardier Royal Garrison Artillery 120th Heavy Bty. Age: 33 Date of Death: 22/03/1918 Service No: 41397 B.50.

HANRAHAN THOMAS
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 32 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 41330 A.13.

HARMAN A H
United Kingdom Lance Corporal King's Royal Rifle Corps "C" Coy. 4th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 17/10/1918 Service No: A/201706 B.9.

HATTON DAVID
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 2nd/7th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 23/03/1918 Service No: 375958 B.39.

HAWTIN E
United Kingdom Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 31529 A.47.

HIBBS RICHARD JOHN WALMSLEY
United Kingdom Lieutenant Manchester Regiment 22nd Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 A.16.

HICKS RICHARD ERNEST
Australian Gunner Australian Field Artillery 14th Bde. Age: 29 Date of Death: 17/10/1918 Service No: 3332 B.15.

HOGAN P
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 15299 A.15.

HOGGINS CHARLES
United Kingdom Private Northamptonshire Regiment 1st Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 17/10/1918 Service No: 58865 B.18.

HOLLAND E C
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Army Service Corps Secondary Royal Army Medical Corps Secondary attd. 1st Cav. Field Amb. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: M1/08004 A.43.

HURST WILLIAM HENRY
United Kingdom Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 19 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 68028 A.33.

JEFFRIES A
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 11280 A.31.

JOHNSEN HALFDAU REIDAR
Canadian Private Canadian Cavalry Machine Gun Sqn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 15136 B.25.

JONES ALBERT
United Kingdom Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 36 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 63952 A.49.

JOPE JOHN
Australian Gunner Australian Field Artillery 5th Bde. Age: 30 Date of Death: 16/10/1918 Service No: 3061 B.16.

KELLY MARK
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 6814 A.30.

KELLY N
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 29573 B.6.

KENNEDY JAMES JOSEPH
United Kingdom Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 11th Bn. Age: 30 Date of Death: 17/10/1918 B.12.

LAWTON W
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 19th Bn. Date of Death: 28/07/1916 Service No: 12656 B.57.

LEE G H
United Kingdom Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Bn. Age: 32 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 29919 A.52.

LEFEVRE J
United Kingdom Rifleman King's Royal Rifle Corps 4th Bn. Date of Death: 17/10/1918 Service No: R/31862 B.17.

LITHERLAND J L
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 203155 A.24.

LOWE E J
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/6th Bn. Date of Death: 31/03/1918 Service No: 242147 B.36.

MARTIN J
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 15080 A.10.

MAUGHAN J
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Age: 26 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 4788 A.11.

McCRAW WILLIAM
United Kingdom Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 180th Siege Bty. Age: 25 Date of Death: 17/10/1918 Service No: 286807 B.14.

McKAY WILLIAM
United Kingdom Corporal Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Age: 36 Date of Death: 11/10/1918 Service No: 4/2941 A.3.

MELVIN ALEXANDER
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 10/10/1918 Service No: 15206 A.9.

MURPHY J
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 5624 A.27.

NEENAN J
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 19/10/1918 Service No: 26244 B.22.

NOLAN M
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 15218 A.20.

O'BRIEN BENJAMIN
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Border Regiment "C" Coy. 5th Bn. Age: 22 Date of Death: 27/03/1918 Service No: 241150 B.33.

PARKIN L
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 19th Bn. Date of Death: 27/07/1916 Service No: 12172 B.56.

PERCY J
United Kingdom Private Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers 6th Bn. Date of Death: 17/10/1918 Service No: 11931 B.13.

RASTALL FRANK
United Kingdom Private Worcestershire Regiment 1st/8th Bn. Age: 28 Date of Death: 19/10/1918 Service No: 241819 B.20.

RIGBY J G
United Kingdom Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 29645 B.2.

ROGERS G H
United Kingdom Private Devonshire Regiment 8th Bn. Date of Death: 10/09/1916 Service No: 33392 B.49.

ROUSE ALFRED ARCHIBALD
United Kingdom Private Devonshire Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 31574 A.48.

SCAIFE OSWALD
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 20 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 54896 B.5.

SLATER J
United Kingdom Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Bn. Date of Death: 18/10/1918 Service No: 31253 B.3.

SMITH H
United Kingdom Private Lincolnshire Regiment 1st Bn. Date of Death: 29/03/1918 Service No: 51395 B.27.

SMYTH R A
United Kingdom Private Royal Dublin Fusiliers 6th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 24943 A.51.

SUTTON J E
United Kingdom Gunner Royal Garrison Artillery 232nd Siege Bty. Age: 28 Date of Death: 12/10/1918 Service No: 189937 A.38.

TAYLOR C
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 6th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 306616 A.18.

THOMAS FREDERICK
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 20th Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 04/10/1918 Service No: 26086 A.34.

THOMAS S
United Kingdom Driver Royal Field Artillery 84th Bde. Date of Death: 10/10/1918 Service No: 243759 A.44.

TONER W
United Kingdom Private Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 4698 A.28.

WALKER CHRISTOPHER
United Kingdom Corporal Tank Corps 16th Bn. Age: 24 Date of Death: 29/09/1918 Service No: 307438 B.38.

WALSH J J
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Connaught Rangers 5th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 A.14.

WARD PRICE L S
United Kingdom Captain Royal Flying Corps 70th Sqdn. Age: 27 Date of Death: 25/03/1917 B.29.

WHITE L V
United Kingdom Lance Corporal The Buffs (East Kent Regiment) 7th Bn. Date of Death: 21/10/1918 Service No: 17491 B.23.

WHITE S
United Kingdom Private Somerset Light Infantry 12th Bn. Date of Death: 11/09/1918 Service No: 30406 B.37.

WILSON J
United Kingdom Private Royal Army Medical Corps 1st/3rd Northumbrian Field Amb Date of Death: 17/10/1918 Service No: 388313 B.10.

WILSON S T
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 21st Bn. Age: 36 Date of Death: 09/10/1918 Service No: 51751 A.42.

WOOD J
United Kingdom Private The King's (Liverpool Regiment) 18th (Lancashire Hussars) Bn. Date of Death: 09/10/1918 Service No: 12369 A.36.

WOOLLEY HARRY JOHN
United Kingdom Lance Corporal Manchester Regiment 9th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 29/03/1918 Service No: 352162 B.35.

WRIGLEY L
United Kingdom Private Manchester Regiment 9th Bn. Date of Death: 08/10/1918 Service No: 5071 B.4.

YATES THOMAS
United Kingdom Private Lancashire Fusiliers 2nd/6th Bn. Age: 21 Date of Death: 25/03/1918 Service No: 29886 B.30.

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