Benjamin Arthur Rodgers

Rank:

Private

Regimental number:

772965

Unit at enlistment:

125th Battalion

Force:

C.E.F.

Volunteered or conscripted:

Volunteered

Survived the war:

Yes

Wounded:

Yes

Cemetery:

Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario

Birth country:

England

Birth county:

Lancashire

Birth city:

Barrow-in-Furness

Address at enlistment:

150 Eagle Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Next of kin address:

150 Eagle Avenue, Brantford, Ontario

Trade or calling:

Coremaker

Employer:

Cockshutt Plow Co.

Religious denominations:

Church of England

Marital status:

Married

Age at enlistment:

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Letters and documents

BX September 9, 1918

Ben Rodgers, who also resided at 150 Eagle Avenue, is reported to have been wounded in the arm and leg. He was employed at Cockshutt’s previous to enlistment with the 125th. He and Pte. Edgar Heath were brothers-in-law.

Note: Ben Rodgers and Edgar Charles Heath were also brothers-in-law.

BX December 20, 1966

Ben Rodgers

Ben Rodgers, 82, of Kingsmount Crescent, died Monday in Brantford General Hospital. He was born in Barrow-in-Furness, England, the son of the late Mr. and Mrs. David Rodgers, and had been a resident of Brantford for the past 55 years. Mr. Rodgers was a member of St. John’s Anglican Church, a life member of the Royal Canadian Legion, Branch 90, a member of Massey-Ferguson Quarter Century Club, and a former manager of the Cockshutt football club. A veteran of the First World War, Mr. Rodgers enlisted with the 125th Battalion and served in France with the machine gunners. Surviving besides his wife, the former Phyllis Plant, are one daughter, Mrs. Arthur (Miriam) Jones with whom he resided; one brother, Robert of England; three sisters, Mrs. Arthur (Edith) Thomas in England, Mrs. Alfred (Henrietta) Wilson of Philadelphia, and Mrs. Stan (Rose) Kirby of Brantford; two grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren. A son, Arthur, died in 1924. Mr. Rodgers is at the Hill and Robinson Funeral Home until Thursday, for service at St. John’s Church at 2:30 p.m. Interment will be in Mount Hope Cemetery with Canon C.V. Tomkins officiating.