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Recovered 31.07.2023 from https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2351210/george-frederick-rogerson/
ABLE SEAMAN GEORGE FREDERICK ROGERSON
Service Number: P/JX 162529
Royal Navy H.M.S. Mohawk.
Date of Death 16 October 1939 Age 31 years old
Buried VENTNOR CEMETERY Sec. Q. Grave 623.
Son of George and Ann Rogerson; husband of Ada Gladys Rogerson, of Ventnor.
ISLE OF WIGHT MERCURY
Friday, October 20, 1939 Page 2
Local casualties on the Royal Oak, etc.
Able Seaman G.F. Rogerson was among those killed in the air raid on the Firth of Forth on Monday. He was one of the crew of the Mohawk which was reported to be returning from Convoy duties. Mr. Rogerson was formerly in the navy and rejoined in the present emergency. He was a married man with a few months' old child and lived in one of the Council houses at Lowtherville. During the summer he was employed by Mr. Newitt, butcher, etc., of Sandown.