Personal Details of Sydney Rogers
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| Born: | |
| Died: | 11/04/1918 |
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Please note that this person is not acutally buried in Newtown Road Cemetery, but is remembered here on a family grave or memorial.
Listed below are all the details we have been able to find so far on Sydney Rogers.
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Birth
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Death
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Burial Register
There is no burial register information available for Sydney Rogers.
Only three of the five burial register books still exist as far as we know and these are held at the Berkshire Record Office.
Stillborn children were not recorded in the burial register, only in the cemetery accounts.
Memorial Details
| Headstone: In Ever Loving Memory / of / my dearest mother / Martha Rogers / who passed peacefully away / Oct 28th. 1920 aged 76. / "Safe home at last, to rest." / Also her two sons / who gave their lives for their country, / Albert / at Boshof, South Africa / May 19th. 1900, aged 24. / Sydney / in France / April 11th. 1918, aged 40. // | |
| Name on Memorial | Sydney ROGERS |
| Date of death | 11/04/1918 |
| Age | 40 |
| Gender | Male |
| Memorial Type | Large headstone; 3 kerbstones |
| Construction Material | Sandstone Engraved |
| Condition of memorial | Headstone & kerbstones very good. Lichen cover on MI |
| Pattison Location Code | ChNW33 |
| Recorder's Notes | Martha Rachel Collier Knapp was born in Ashmansworth to a labourer. She was a servant before marrying Samuel Rogers, a groom born in Ireland. They lived in Leicester, where their sons were born, and Brighton, where their daughter was born. Martha was widowed between 1881 and 1891 and lived in Newbury, working as a charwoman. Before her death she lived in Church Almshouses, Newtown Rd. In her will she left £125 to her daughter Eliza Martha, married to Arthur Henry Humphreys, who erected her headstone. Source: Ancestry records. |
| Others named on memorial | |
| Martha ROGERS | |
| Albert ROGERS |
Newspaper Cuttings
The articles below have been transcribed from newspapers and magezines.
DEATHS Sydney Rogers
| Source: | NWN |
| Article date: | 02/05/1918 |
| Copyright: | |
| Transciption: | Rogers -- killed in action in France April 11 1918 Sidney Rogers only son of Mrs Rogers, 5 church Almshouses Newtown Rd age 40 years |
| This obituary entry is awaiting verification. |
Biographical Information
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