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Cpl. Alfred Rogers MM.
Brithish Army 30th Divisional Signals Royal Engineers
Alfred Rogers served in France from 7th of November 1915, with 30th Divisional Signals during Somme campaign.
He went over the top carrying phone cables on 1st of July 1916 at Montauban, and fought in the battle of Trones Wood 7th - 13 July.
He won his Military Medal during the battle of Transloy Ridges 10th - 18th October during final phases of the Somme campaign whilst repairing cables under heavy fire.
He was present on the Western Front for the rest of the war and participated in the battles of Scape, 2nd Scarpe, Langermarck, St Quentin, 2nd Kemmel, and Ypres 1918