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NORTH SEATON

Rogers, E.C., Pte., 1918
In Cerisy-Gailly Military Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of 99461 Private Edward Charlton Rogers, serving with the 183rd Company Machine Gun Corps, who died 03/01/1918.

Morpeth Herald 08/02/1918 carries two brief obituaries:
ROLL OF HONOUR
ROGERS.- Accidentally killed in France, on the 3rd Jan., aged 25 years, Private Edward Charlton Rogers, M.G.C., dearly beloved husband of Annie Rogers, of North Seaton Colliery.- Deeply mourned by his sorrowing wife and two children.

ROLL OF HONOUR
ROGERS.- Accidentally killed in France, on the 3rd Jan., Private Edward Charlton Rogers, M.G.C.- Sincerely mourned by his loving father and mother and brothers-in-law, Joseph Brown and family, 16 Institute Row, North Seaton Colliery.

According to Soldiers Died in the Great War he was formerly serving with the Royal Army Service Corps with the number T4/161226.

Margaret Allison states that he was at North Seaton, lived at Ashington and died when 25 years old.

Edward Charlton Rogers is remembered in North Seaton on N33.04, in Newbiggin-by-the-Sea on N10.08 and N10.09 and N10.15, and in Ashington on A17.01 (A17.27), A17.43


The CWGC entry for Private Rogers

Page from Book of Honor

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