Lieutenant-Colonel G.H. Rogers
Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa

We have had a couple of visits from Fritz planes and some of our boys got into action against him on one visit as he came down very low. They claim to have got the rear gunner as they put it out of action but we have no confirmation. It certainly broke the monotony for them and they are anxiously awaiting for a return visit.

(Ottawa Citizen, 8 Apr 1941, 19)

Born in Ottawa on 28 July 1895, George Harold Rogers was a funeral director, First World War veteran, and commanding officer the Cameron Highlanders of Ottawa since 1936. He had enlisted in the 38th Battalion as a private in May 1915, served garrison duty in Bermuda and arrived in England with the unit in June 1916. Promoted to regimental company sergeant-major, he deployed to France two months later. A year later he was recommended for a commission and by 1918 was seconded to the Royal Air Force.

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