In Memory Of
ROGERSON, NORMAN JOHN
Service Details
Age:
19
Date of Birth:
1923-04-17
Service No:
FAA/FX. 82785
Rank:
Air Mechanic 1st Class
Unit:
H.M.S. Dasher
Regiment:
Royal Navy
Date of Death:
1943-03-27
Cause of Death:
Died in ship loss, British Navy escort aircraft carrier. Converted aircraft carrier blew up and sank in the River Clyde, Scotland between the Isle of Arran and Ardrossan. Loss of 379 lives. These were US built ships and did not have the same specifications as RN carriers, especially in regard to fire precautions. It is thought that this led to the great loss of life when aircraft fuel leaked from onboard tanks and caught fire, after it thought an aircraft crash-landed
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
Bay 4, Panel 5.
Cemetery:
LEE-ON-SOLENT MEMORIAL
Localitly:
Hampshire
Country:
United Kingdom
Additional Information
Son of Theodore Edward Rogerson and Louisa Florence Rogerson (nee Frost), of Craighall Park, Johannesburg, South Africa. Born Johannesburg. Employed with E. W. Tarry and Co.
