Orders, Decorations and Medals

A Great War ‘Western Front’ M.M. group of three awarded to Private F. Rogers, Welsh Regiment, killed in action, Bourlon Wood, 25 November 1917

Military Medal, G.V.R. (263881 Cpl., 17/Welsh R.); British War and Victory Medals (26388 Pte., Welsh R.) nearly extremely fine (3) £500-600

M.M. London Gazette 17 September 1917.

‘In daylight on the afternoon of 29th July 1917 L/Cpl. F. Rogers seeing a German soldier in No Mans Land about 300 yds. away from our Lines, left our trenches alone, stalked and captured the German who tried twice to escape’ (Ref. War Diary).

‘29/7 Battalion in Front Line. About 6 pm a prisoner was captured .... by L/Cpl. Rogers No.26388 of C Coy. The prisoner was a signaller - L/Corpl. - who had mistaken our line for his own. ...’ Ref. War Diary).

Frank Rogers was born and lived in Bosherston, Pembrokeshire, and enlisted at Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. Serving with the 17th battalion Welsh Regiment (1st Glamorgan Bantams) he won his M.M. at Gonnelieu in July 1917. He was killed in action in the attack on Bourlon Wood on 25 November 1917. Having no known grave, his name is commemorated on the Cambrai Memorial, Louveral. Sold with copied research.