Maurice Albert Windham Rogers

Maurice Albert Windham Rogers
Born	17 July 1919 Bristol, Gloucestershire
Died	3 June 1944 Anzio, Italy
Buried at	Beach Head War Cemetery, Anzio
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Service/branch	British Army
Rank	Sergeant
Unit	The Wiltshire Regiment
Battles/wars	World War II
Awards	Victoria Cross Military Medal

Maurice Albert Windham Rogers VC MM (17 July 1919 - 3 June 1944) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest and most prestigious award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to British and Commonwealth forces.

Details

Rogers was 24 years old, and a sergeant in the 2nd Battalion, The Wiltshire Regiment, British Army, during the Battle of Anzio in the Second World War when the following deed took place for which he was awarded the VC.

On 3 June 1944 at Anzio, Italy, a carrier platoon was held up by barbed wire and intense machine-gun fire only 70 yards from the objective. Sergeant Rogers, with his Thompson machine-gun, crashed through the wire, ran across a mine-field beyond, and accounted for two of the enemy posts. This action so inspired his platoon, now 100 yards behind, that they advanced to the assault, but before they could reach the sergeant he had been wounded in the leg. Undaunted, he continued to advance until he was shot and killed at point blank range.^{[citation needed]}

Further information

In 2003 Sergeant Rogers had a road named after him. A new industrial estate had been built at Hopton, Devizes, Wiltshire (near to the old La Marchant Barracks) and the road has been called "Sgt Rogers Way". The road sign gives his full name and location and year of the VC award. Earlier he had a block of flats 'Rogers House' named after him on the White City Estate in Shepherds Bush, London. His parents were in attendance at the opening ceremony.

His story was published as the cover story for D.C. Thomson's Victor comic in issue 204 dated 16 January 1965.

The medal

His Victoria Cross is displayed at The Rifles (Berkshire and Wiltshire) Museum in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

References

• Victoria Cross

External links

Biography portal

• CWGC entry
• Maurice Albert Windham Rogers at Find a Grave

Persondata
Name	Rogers, Maurice Albert Windham
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	July 17, 1919
Place of birth	Bristol, Gloucestershire
Date of death	June 3, 1944
Place of death	Anzio, Italy

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