Born in Massachusetts to Irish immigrants. Aged 8 his family moved to New Hampshire. Served in the British Army fighting the French and the native Americans. He created the Rogers' Rangers, who were trained for raiding and close combat behind enemy lines.
Came to London a few times, trying to resolve financial problems but he also succumbed to alcoholism and died a debtor in the Kings Bench Prison.
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Major Robert Rogers
Major Robert Rogers was a colonial farmer recruited from New Hampshire, Ameri...
Employed at the Streatham bus garage. Served and was killed in WW1.
Pilot Officer Luke Elbert Allen was born on 27 December 1917 in Las Animas, Bent, Colorado, USA, the second of the five children of Frank Wilson Allen (1897-1934) and Eugie Mae Allen née Fulbright ...
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
Died: 649 Argentinians, 255 British, 3 civilian Falkland Islanders.
Co-partner or employee of the South Suburban Gas Company. Served but did not die in WW1.
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