chrisharley9 Posted 5 December , 2011 Share Posted 5 December , 2011 Name: ROGERS, WILLIAM FREDERICK Initials: W F Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Second Lieutenant Regiment/Service: Royal Flying Corps Date of Death: 28/12/1915 Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Memorial: BROOKWOOD (UNITED KINGDOM 1914-1918) MEMORIAL Can anyone help me please with the circumstances of his death & any other details; im hoping to find his true buria place Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie Hayes Posted 5 December , 2011 Share Posted 5 December , 2011 His will was read in London on 5th June 1916. It details his address as 65 Swainston Road, Reading and his place of death as Gosport, Hampshire on 28th December 1915. He left £136 14s 8d to Gilbert Rogers, a munitions worker. You might have some success searching Gosport/Portsmouth newspaper archives. He will also, probably, have made the local news in Reading. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie Hayes Posted 5 December , 2011 Share Posted 5 December , 2011 Hello Chris, I don't know if you have seen it but the report of his inquest is available online. Fatal Accident in Gosport - http://www.flightglo...20-%200026.html Hope this helps, Sandie Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roy Evans Posted 5 December , 2011 Share Posted 5 December , 2011 Not much in 'Airmen Died': ROGERS 2Lt William Frederick, pilot, kwf 28.12.15, grave unknown Roy Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandie Hayes Posted 5 December , 2011 Share Posted 5 December , 2011 His death was registered in Southampton, Hants in December 1915. Volume 2c Page 24. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CGM Posted 5 December , 2011 Share Posted 5 December , 2011 On 1st January 1916 a William Frederick Rogers, aged 24, is registered as being buried in the London Road Cemetery (cons), Reading Berkshire. Could this be him? CGM Courtesy of the Berkshire FHS. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 5 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 5 December , 2011 Thanks very much; I had not got a Reading connection Cheers Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chrisharley9 Posted 8 December , 2011 Author Share Posted 8 December , 2011 Confirmed by Reading Council this morning that he is indeed buried in Reading London Road Cemetery Thanks for the pointers everyone Chris Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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