Material Type

Artifact

Other Name

CUSTOMS HONOR MEDAL (FRANCE)

Date Range From

1914

Date Range To

1918

Materials

BRASS, RIBBON

No. Pieces

1

Length

10.7

Description

CROSS WITH CROSSED LANCES - HEAD OF MAN IN CENTRE SURROUNDED BY WREATH. "REPUBLIQUE FRANCAISE" ON FRONT. "1914-1918" ON BACK. RED & GREEN STRIPED RIBBON WITH BRASS STAR ON IT.

Subjects

PERSONAL SYMBOL

Historical Association

MILITARY

History

CUSTOMS HONOR MEDAL, STRUCK IN 1894. AWARDED FOR LONG SERVICE. STAR ON RIBBON INDICATES 2ND HONOR MEDAL AWARDED. SERVICE PERIOD UNKNOWN. *UPDATE* IN 2014 COLLECTIONS ASSISTANT JANE EDMUNDSON CONDUCTED A SURVEY OF MILITARY OBJECTS. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THE DONOR, SAMUEL ROGERS, WAS FOUND IN GALT ARCHIVES (19641014003) AND A LETHBRIDGE HERALD ARTICLE WRITTEN UPON ROGERS' DEATH IN 1957. ROGERS WAS BORN IN 1875 IN ALFRETON, DERBYSHIRE, ENGLAND, AND ENLISTED IN THE FIRST DERBYSHIRE REGIMENT IN 1891 AT THE AGE OF 16. IN 1897 AND 1898 HIS UNIT SERVED IN INDIA WHERE HE RECEIVED THE 'TIRAH OF 1897-98' MEDAL. ROGERS WENT ON TO SERVE WITH THE 5TH BRIGADE OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN FIELD FORCE IN THE BOER WAR FROM 1899-1901, WHERE HE WAS INVOLVED IN THE CAPE COLONY, ORANGE FREE STATE, AND TRANSVAAL CAMPAIGNS. HE WAS WOUNDED IN 1901 AND RETURNED TO ENGLAND WHERE HE WAS DISCHARGED. ROGERS MARRIED PAMELA SPARHAM OF LEEDS, AND THE EMIGRATED TO CANADA IN 1903, MAKING THEIR WAY TO LETHBRIDGE THAT YEAR. IN 1905 THE ROGERS MOVED TO WARDNER, BRITISH COLUMBIA WHERE SAMUEL WORKED IN A LUMBER MILL. THEY RETURNED IN SOUTHERN ALBERTA IN 1910 TO HOMESTEAD NEAR FORT MACLEOD. IN 1929 THE ROGERS MOVED TO STAFFORDVILLE IN NORTH LETHBRIDGE, WHERE THEY RESIDED UNTIL BOTH PASSING AWAY IN 1957. ROGERS WAS A DEACON OF THE FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH - HE DESIGNED AND ASSISTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE STAFFORDVILLE BAPTIST MISSION. HE ALSO SERVED AS THE MISSION'S SUNDAY SCHOOL SUPERINTENDENT FOR 18 YEARS. FOR A HARDCOPY OF SAMUEL ROGERS' BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION, SEE PERMANENT FILE P19694871000.

Catalogue Number

P19694872000

Acquisition Date

1969-12

Collection

Museum

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