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

• Isaac Rodker 1877-1943
• Mary Smithson 1887-1945

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