History while in the forces
May 1916: appointed Lance Corporal 3rd Battalion West Riding RegimentJul 1916: promoted Corporal
Oct 1916: attached to Machine Gun Corps (Cadet)
26 Apr 1917: gazetted 2nd Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps
18 Jun 1917: joined 72nd Machine Gun Corps British Expeditionary Force
31 Jul 1917: 3rd Battle of Ypres
20 Nov 1917: Battle of Cambrai
21 Mar 1918: Battle of Somme
08 Oct 1918: 2nd battle of Cambrai.
26 Oct 1918: Gazetted Lieutenant Machine Gun Corps
29 May 1919: demobilised
30 May 1919: re-joined Staff
- Surname
- Rodgers
- Forename
- Harry
- Rating or rank
- Lieutenant
- Regiment or Other Unit
- Machine Gun Corps
- Branch
- Cloth Hall Street, Huddersfield
- Date of Birth
- 22 Nov 1896
- Date of birth
- 1896
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- 1912
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- 24 Jan 1916
