Walter Shaw Rodgers (c.1898-1918)
An ongoing project to commemorate and research the lives of those who appear on war memorials and rolls of honour in the local area, who served in the military, or whose deaths were linked to conflict.
Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922
The following extract is from Huddersfield's Roll of Honour: 1914-1922 (2014) by J. Margaret Stansfield:
- RODGERS, WALTER SHAW. Private. No 30394. 'A' Company, 11th Battalion East Yorkshire Regiment (Hull Tradesmen). Born Holmfirth. Son of Dyson and Mary Rodgers, 197 Woodhead Road, Holmbridge, Holmfirth. Educated Dobb School. Attended Hinchliffe Mill Wesleyan School. Employed as a motor man with Messrs Henry Mitchell and Sons, provision dealers. Enlisted May 1917. Trained at Brocton Camp, Rugeley, and North Shields. Embarked for France on 30.3.1918, three days before his 19th birthday. Reported missing at the Battle of Hazebrouck, 12.4.1918 and afterwards presumed to have been killed on that date, aged 19. Has no known grave. Commemorated PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL TO THE MISSING.
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
- Private WALTER SHAW RODGERS
- regiment: East Yorkshire Regiment
- died: Friday, April 12, 1918
- age: 19 years
- record ID: 867822
Links
- Commonwealth War Graves Commission (ID #867822)
- Imperial War Museums: Lives of the First World War (ID #3801867)