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Stanley Edgar Vincent Rogers served in the Royal Armoured Corps prior to volunteering for airborne forces in 1943.He qualified as a military parachutist on course 96, which ran at RAF Ringway in November 1943.

Stanley Rogers was posted to the 13th Parachute Battalion and took part in the campaign in North West Europe during 1944-45 prior to deploying with the battalion to the Far East.

Lance Corporal Stanley Rogers

Service History

Operations

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Far East
The 5th Parachute Brigade was sent to the Far East in preparation for a potential invasion of Japan. However, only the advanc...

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Normandy (Operation Overlord)
Operation Overlord, the Allied invasion of occupied Europe commonly known as D-Day, saw the 6th Airborne Division in action f...

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Ardennes
After the Allied landings in Normandy and subsequent advance through France and Belgium, the German Army had succeeded in sta...

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Rhine Crossing (Operation Varsity)
Operation Varsity was the largest single airborne operation in history. On a single day, over 16,000 men were inserted by gli...
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Group photos

Group Photograph of Signallers Platoon, 13th Parachute Battalion, 1945.
Group Photograph of Signallers Platoon, 13th Parachute Battalion, 1945.

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Ptes Rogers and Boardman, 13 Para Bn, during Operation Varsity, 1945.
Ptes Rogers and Boardman, 13 Para Bn, during Operation Varsity, 1945.
Two members of 13 Para Bn during Op Varsity or the advance to the Baltic, 1945.
Two members of 13 Para Bn during Op Varsity or the advance to the Baltic, 1945.

Solo photos

Pte Stanley Rogers taken in the Far East, c1945.
Pte Stanley Rogers taken in the Far East, c1945.