Certificate, dated March 1919.
Signed by Winston Churchill.
Records that L/Sgt Sidney Rogers had been mentioned in his dispatches dated 30 Nov 1915 ‘for gallant and distinguished services in the field’.
From a collection of papers relating to L/Sgt Sidney A Rogers, 1st Bn Leinster Regiment (1906-1914) and Army Cyclist Corps (1914-1917).
During his service in India, 1913, he won several boxing contests, the programmes of which are included in his papers.
During World War One he served in France, being mentioned in dispatches in 1915 before being medically discharged in 1917.
Associated with World War One, Western Front (1914-1918).