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Name: ROGERS, John Henry
Birth Date: 1890
First Date: 1930
Profession: Asst. Superintendent. of Prisons, Prisons Dept., Kenya in 1939, appointed 1935. Originally Chief Officer 1930
Area: Kisumu
Married: Agnes Elizabeth b. 1900
Children: Anne E. (1924); John Angus (1926)
Book Reference: Staff 39, mini-SITREP XXXIII, Red Book 1912, Macmillan
General Information:
mini-SITREP XXXIII - Legion of Frontiersmen - 1940 - B Squadron - No 2 Troop - Troop Leader - Lt J.H. Rogers MSM (Kisumu)
Red Book 1912 - J.H. Rogers - Naivasha [probably a different person]
Macmillan 1930 - The Pioneer Hotel, Eldoret - After the hotel had been under the management of various succeeding persons, Mr Ghersi leased it on November 16th 1928 to Mr J. H. Rogers and under the direction of that capable gentleman and his wife it is very much better than it used to be. After serving for 21 years in the Army in 3 regiments latterly as Sergeant-Major in the 13th Hussars, Mr Rogers retired to civil life and ran the Old Ford Hotel at Aldershot for 18 months. He then went to Kenya as Secretary of the Rift Valley Sports Club, Nakuru where he remained 6 months until he was given the more remunerative position of manager of the Eldoret Hotel. Six months later he took over the Pioneer Hotel.
Gazette - 31/1/1933 - John Henry Rogers, Chief Officer, to be Acting Assistant Superintendent of Nairobi Prison wef 26 January 1933
Gazette 6 Dec 1938 Voters List
Blue Book 1930 appt.1.1.1930 - Chief Warder, Prisons