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1944-1947 (Creation)
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14 cm of textual records
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Lt. Commander David Rogers, RCNVR (Royal Canadian Navy Volunteer Reserve), was born in Peterborough, Ontario. He served in the Canadian Navy during World War Two and was transferred to Royal Navy - Combined Operations under Lord Mountbatten. He returned to Peterborough after the War and worked with the family business (the Peterborough Canoe Company). He later became a contractor. David Rogers died in 1955.
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These papers were in possession of donor (wife of David Rogers) prior to acquisition.
Scope and content
The fonds consists of photographs, some correspondence, clippings and ephemera related to Lt. Commander David Rogers, RCNVR, and his work in Combined Operations during World War Two. Of particular note is a series of black and white snapshots of the 2nd flotilla (262nd RN) preparing for the D-Day invasion (Operation Overlord) at Portsmouth Naval Yard, crossing the English Channel and finally at the Normandy Beaches (June 1944); notebook maintained by David B. Rogers, RCNVR, starting with his stay on the H.M.C.S. "Quebec" (K-242) used for briefings, training and preparations for D-Day landing. The notebook contains instructional data on Luftwaffe aircraft, pencil recon drawings of German bombers, notes listing battle field first aid instructions, 'pep talk' notes, personnel lists for the 80th Canadian LCM (D-Day landing craft).
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The unpublished D-Day photographs represent a visual counterpoint to a series of famous photographs taken by Lt. Gilbert Milne, an official photographer with the Royal Canadian Navy