Born during the September quarter 1891 in the
Salford R.D. - ref: 8d/115, the son of John &
Elizabeth Rogerson (nee Tervin).

1901 Census - 150 Eccles New Road, Pendleton,
Salford.    Son - aged: 9 - born: Salford.   Head
of household - John Rogerson - Married - aged: 43
- occ: Cashier at Paint Works - born: Walmsley,
Lancashire.   Also Elizabeth Rogerson - Wife -
aged: 47 - born: Cheshire.    Plus 5 elder
siblings and an aunt.

1911 Census - 140 Bolton Road, Pendleton, Salford.
    Son - aged: 19 - occ: Junior Reporter - born:
Salford.     Head of household - John Rogerson -
Married - aged: 53 - occ: Traveller - Paint Trade
- born: Walmsley, Lancashire.   Also Elizabeth
Rogerson - Wife - aged: 47 - born: Cheshire.   
Plus 2 elder siblings..

Married Grace Matthews during the September
quarter 1915 in the Salford R.D. - ref: 8d/216.  
Married at St. Philip's P.C. Salford on the 31st
July 1915.    Harold was a 22 year old widower,
occ: Driver, of 37 Islingrtton Street, his father
- John Rogerson - occ; Groom.   Grace was  a 19
year old spinster - occ: Mantle Sorter, of 15 East
Ordsall Lane, father - Patrick Matthews - occ:
Labourer.

1939 National Registration - 34 Bigland Street,
Salford.   Harold E. Rogerson - born on the 9th
February 1892 - Married - occ: Porter (Lloyds
Packing Warehouse, plus an A.R.P. Warden.    Grace
Rogerson - born on the 21st November 1897 -
Married - occ: Unpaid Domestic Duties.    John J.
Rogerson - born on the 30th November 1918 - Single
- occ: Labourer at Tea Warehouse.   Kathleen
Rogerson - born on the 30th September 1922 -
Single - occ: Weaver (Cotton).   Harold Rogerson -
born on the 12 April 1925 - Single - occ: Mechanic
(Machinery).   There was one redacted record at
this address.

CWGC - Senior Air Raid Warden. Husband of G.
Rogerson, of 34 Bigland Street. Died at 34 Bigland
Street.

Bigland Street Incident, Ordsall.

A land mine killed 11 adults and four children
when it landed between numbers 94 and 106 Bigland
Street.  It wiped out five members of the
MOORHOUSE family residing at number 106.

At least 12 of the 15 are buried in the Salford
Communal Civilian Grave in Agecroft Cemetery, four
of whom could not be identified.   Two teenage
friends at 89 Bigland Street decided to go back
into their house and make a pot of tea when the
explosion occurred.  They were killed instantly
and are amongst the unidentified.  Two of those
killed were serving Air Raid Wardens.
The street is no longer in existence, but it ran
parallel south-east of Ordsall Lane just before
Regent Road.  It was intersected by South Hall
Street and Woden Street which are still there. 
The bomb-site is now a car park.