Notes
Address recorded as 231 Eastfield Road.
4th Engineer Officer Rogers died on 22 October 1941 on a Royal Fleet Auxiliary tanker - RFA Darkdale - which was anchored off Jamestown, St. Helena and which was torpedoed by a German Submarine U68. 4th Engineer Officer Rogers was a Merchant Seaman and thus would not have held the rank of Sub Lieutenant, Royal Navy. 4th Engineer Officer Rogers’ name is recorded on the War Memorial on the sea front at Jamestown, St. Helena and on the Commonwealth War Graves Commission Merchant Navy Memorial at Tower Hill, London
Full details of the loss of RFA Darkdale can be found on the Royal Fleet Auxiliary Historical Society’s web site at http://historicalrfa.org/rfa-darkdale# together with images of the ship and war memorials.