George Cross of Staff Sergeant Rogerson

Acquisition at auction of George Cross of Staff Sergeant Sidney Rogerson. In January 1946 railway wagons were being loaded with ammunition at Savernake Forest, Wiltshire. There was a sudden violent explosion and fires broke out all over the area. A total of 27 railway wagons and two lorries blew up. Staff Sargeant Sidney Rogerson, with great courage and calmness, took charge of the situation and at one stage climbed under a burning truck full of shells to rescue two badly injured men.