Malvern College First World War Casualty

Captain Francis Calvert Campbell Rogers MVO

Photo of Francis Calvert Campbell Rogers
House and time at Malvern: No 7, 1894 - 1900.

Regiment: Duke of Cornwall's Light Inf.
Died: 15 February 1915 aged 32 in France. Killed in action.
Cemetery: Ypres Menin Gate P 20

Son of Archibald C. C. Rogers (Public Works Dept., India), and Jennetta Rogers, of 5, Eaton Place, Fisher St., Paignton, Devon and The Haven, Paignton, b. 1883.
Junior School—Army Side. House Prefect. House XI Football.
Duke of Cornwall's L.I. (from Embodied Militia) 1901; Captain 1912; M.V.O. (Member of the Victorian Order) 1910.
Great War, 2nd Bn. Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

He obtained his commission from the Militia in 1901 and his captaincy in 1912. In 1908 he was A.D.C. to the Governor and Commander-in-Chief, Bermuda, and from 1908 to 1910 served as A.D.C. to the General Officer Commanding, N. Army, India. (Malvernian, March 1915).

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