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|Surname and forenames=Rogers Guy O'Connor
 
|Surname and forenames=Rogers Guy O'Connor
|Army number=0
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|Army number=Not yet ascertained.
|Rank=Lt-Colonel
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|Rank=Lieutenant-Colonel.
|Date of birth=20/3/1899
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|Date of birth=20/3/1899 in West Bengal, India.
|Age=0
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|Age=55 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry - commissioned 2/Lt 24/12/1920. Posted No. 4 ITC.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 10/12/1941. Senior Officers' School 17/2/1942. Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/7/1943 in command. Left Battalion on health grounds Sept 1943. Posted No. 4 ITC. Retired in the rank of Lt Colonel 30/9/1947.
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|Unit=Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.  Joined The Durham Light Infantry - commissioned as a 2/Lt 24/12/1920. Posted No. 4 ITC - probably at the outbreak of War.  Posted 14th Battalion DLI 10/12/1941. Senior Officers' School 17/2/1942. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/7/1943 - in command. Left Battalion on health grounds September 1943.   Posted No. 4 ITC. Retired in the rank of Lt Colonel 30/9/1947.
|Company/Battery=Bn HQ
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|Company/Battery=Battalion HQ.
|Task or role=C.O.
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|Task or role=Commanding Officer.
|Promotions=T/Lt Col 5/10/1943
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|Promotions=T/Lt Col 5/10/1943.
|Died/Killed in action=20-Mar-54
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|Died/Killed in action=Died 20-Mar-54 in Devonshire.  Probate granted 7/8/1954, London Registry.
|Home address=No family information as yet.
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|Home address=Father - Henry Schofield Rogers - born Canada (Ontario) - Major, Royal Engineers - subsequently Surveyot of Prisons for the Home Office.  Mother - Aileen Mary O'Conor - born Punjab, India.  At the time of the 1911 Census Guy was 12 and the family were living at 37, Cottenham Park Road, Wimbledon, London SW.
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
|Source table=11DLI
 
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Latest revision as of 15:12, 5 August 2019

Personnel Entry

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Name Rogers Guy O'Connor
Army number Not yet ascertained.
Rank Lieutenant-Colonel.
Decorations
Date of birth 20/3/1899 in West Bengal, India.
Age 55 at the time of his death.
Unit Gentleman Cadet at the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. Joined The Durham Light Infantry - commissioned as a 2/Lt 24/12/1920. Posted No. 4 ITC - probably at the outbreak of War. Posted 14th Battalion DLI 10/12/1941. Senior Officers' School 17/2/1942. Posted to the 11th Battalion DLI 5/7/1943 - in command. Left Battalion on health grounds September 1943. Posted No. 4 ITC. Retired in the rank of Lt Colonel 30/9/1947.
Company/Battery Battalion HQ.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Commanding Officer.
Joined Brigade
Promotions T/Lt Col 5/10/1943.
Wounded
Prisoner of War
Died/Killed in action Died 20-Mar-54 in Devonshire. Probate granted 7/8/1954, London Registry.
Home address Father - Henry Schofield Rogers - born Canada (Ontario) - Major, Royal Engineers - subsequently Surveyot of Prisons for the Home Office. Mother - Aileen Mary O'Conor - born Punjab, India. At the time of the 1911 Census Guy was 12 and the family were living at 37, Cottenham Park Road, Wimbledon, London SW.
Source table 11DLI