David Arthur Rogers (12 March 1921 – 23 November 2020) was
Archdeacon of Craven from 1977 to 1986.
Early life
Rogers was born in a South Yorkshire vicarage in 1921, the son and grandson of clergymen.
He was educated at
Aysgarth School
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in
Bedale
Bedale ( ) is a market town and civil parish in the district of Hambleton, North Yorkshire, England. Historically part of the North Riding of Yorkshire, it is north of Leeds, south-west of Middlesbrough and south-west of the county town of ...
, and
St Edward's School, Oxford
St Edward's School is a public school (English independent day and boarding school) in Oxford, England. It is known informally as 'Teddies'.
Approximately sixty pupils live in each of its thirteen houses. The school is a member of the Rugby G ...
.
Military
At the start of
WWII
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
Rogers joined the Oxford City
Local Defence Volunteers
The Home Guard (initially Local Defence Volunteers or LDV) was an armed citizen militia supporting the British Army during the Second World War. Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard had 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible f ...
, and then, in 1940, the
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment
The Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment was the final title of a line infantry regiment of the British Army that was originally formed in 1688. After centuries of service in many conflicts and wars, including both the First and Second World W ...
as a private soldier.
In 1941 he was commissioned into the
Green Howards Regiment, and later the
Royal Armoured Corps
The Royal Armoured Corps is the component of the British Army, that together with the Household Cavalry provides its armour capability, with vehicles such as the Challenger 2 Tank and the Scimitar Reconnaissance Vehicle. It includes most of the A ...
. Later in the War, he served in the
GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom) under
Field Marshal Montgomery
Field Marshal Bernard Law Montgomery, 1st Viscount Montgomery of Alamein, (; 17 November 1887 – 24 March 1976), nicknamed "Monty", was a senior British Army officer who served in the First World War, the Irish War of Independence and ...
.
Career
He read Classics at
Christ's College, Cambridge
Christ's College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college includes the Master, the Fellows of the College, and about 450 undergraduate and 170 graduate students. The college was founded by William Byngham in 1437 as ...
and trained for ordination at
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Ridley Hall is a theological college located on the corner of Sidgwick Avenue and Ridley Hall Road in Cambridge (United Kingdom), which trains men and women intending to take Holy Orders as deacon or priest of the Church of England, and member ...
. He was ordained deacon in 1949, and priest in 1950. He served his title at
St George's, Stockport (1949-53) and was then Rector of St Peter's,
Levenshulme
Levenshulme () is an area of Manchester, England, bordering Fallowfield, Longsight, Gorton, Burnage, Heaton Chapel and Reddish; it is approximately halfway between Stockport and Manchester city centre on the A6. Levenshulme is predominantly re ...
(1953-59). He was then Vicar of
St Andrew's, Sedbergh (1959-79), as well as Rural Dean of Sedbergh (1959-73) and Rural Dean of Ewecross (1973-77). He was collated Archdeacon of Craven in 1977, and served in that office until his retirement in 1986.
He chaired the Council of
Parcevall Hall
Parcevall Hall -- also known as Parceval Hall -- and its gardens are located at Skyreholme near Appletreewick village, Wharfedale, North Yorkshire, England. It features a Grade II* listed manor house and landscaped gardens. Currently owned by Wals ...
, a diocesan retreat and conference centre.
Personal life
Rogers died in 2020, aged 99. He was predeceased by his wife, Joan. There were four children of the marriage.
References
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1921 births
Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
Alumni of Ridley Hall, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Craven
2020 deaths
British Home Guard soldiers
British Army personnel of World War II
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment soldiers
Green Howards officers
Royal Armoured Corps officers
Military personnel from Yorkshire
People educated at Aysgarth School