Benjamin Rodker

  • Born on 16 May 1917 - 178 Barking Rd., Canning Town, England
  • Died on 3 October 1943 - Dover , age at death: 26 years old
  • Buried on 7 October 1943 - Marlowe Road Cemetery,East Ham

Parents

Ancestors
Samuel Rodker †1881   Simma Grunlen †1922   Hyman Smithson 1858-1921   Devorah x 1868-1937
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Isaac Rodker 1877-1943   Mary Smithson 1887-1945
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Benjamin Rodker 1917-1943

  Siblings

  • Samuel Rodker 1907-1982
  • Nathaniel Rodker 1909-1973
  • Birdie Rodker 1911-1991
  • Zipporah Eva Rodker 1913-2004
  • Abraham Rodker 1915-2001
  • x Rodker 1915-
  • Benjamin Rodker 1917-1943
  • Lilian Rodker 1918-2015
  • Gertrude Rodker 1921-2021
  • Renee Rodker 1924-2016
  • Bill Rodker 1926-2002


Notes

PROFESSION: Waiter in Dorchester Hotel (LR)

BIRTH: 23th of Iyar month, Tuesday, half past two at night (diary)
Diary

Ben was on a training exercise in and around the Dover (Kent) area. There had been an air raid during which a bomb / land mine had been dropped that had produced a huge crater on landing but had not exploded. Ben was the first man into the crater when the bomb exploded. The explosion killed Ben; the second man into the crater lost his legs.