Myrtle Posted 16 December , 2004 Share Posted 16 December , 2004 Pte Walter Rogers was with the 18th Bn. of DLI that manned the gun batteries defending Hartlepool, when he was killed in action on 16th December 1914. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 16 December , 2004 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2004 SDGW Born: Bishop Aukland Enlisted: Spennymoor, Co. Durham Resident: Cockton Hill Bishop Aukland KiA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 16 December , 2004 Share Posted 16 December , 2004 Here is his CWGC entry Name: ROGERS, WALTER Initials: W Nationality: United Kingdom Rank: Private Regiment: Durham Light Infantry Unit Text: 18th Bn. Age: 25 Date of Death: 16/12/1914 Service No: 18/369 Additional information: Son of Arthur and Isabel Rogers. Born at Bishop Auckland. Casualty Type: Commonwealth War Dead Grave/Memorial Reference: F. P. 90. Cemetery: BISHOP AUCKLAND CEMETERY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 16 December , 2004 Share Posted 16 December , 2004 Walter Rogers' online MIC index entry can be seen here Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 16 December , 2004 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2004 Also read the following account which mentions Walter Rogers in the Northern Echo: "When death came out of the mist." www.thisisthenortheast.co.uk/the_north_east/features Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Will O'Brien Posted 16 December , 2004 Share Posted 16 December , 2004 The bombardment which Walter Rogers was killed in was undertaken by the German cruisers Seydlitz, Moltke & Blucher. The nearby costal towns of Scarborough & Whitby were also targeted. The shelling started at approximately 8.10 a.m. with the shore batteries & the Lighthouse being targeted. The initial salvos apparently cut all the lines of communications between the various batteries causing a great deal of confusion. As the ships closed on the shoreline, the gun emplacements & docks were also hit. A number of the shells overshot their intended targets & the town suffered some quite serious damage. From the various sources I have looked it would appear that the bombardment lasted between 35 & 45 minutes with 1,150 shells being fired. Casualty figures were approximately 112-119 killed (the various sources quote different numbers) & over 200 wounded. Sourced from ‘A History of Hartlepool & West Hartlepool’, ‘The Bombardment of Hartlepool’, ‘North East History’ There is a cast bronze tablet on the War Memorial at Hartlepool Headland which commemorates 51 of the casualties from the bombardment. Walter Rogers isn’t one of them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrtle Posted 16 December , 2004 Author Share Posted 16 December , 2004 Walter Rogers was 11 years old in 1901 census. His father was born in Wakefield and worked as a Lithographic Printer. His mother was christened Isabella Hope and she and Arthur married in 1884. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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