Biography:
1. William Rogers was was first taken on by the Board on the 16th October 1812 as an occasional Labourer in the Engineers' Department, earning 2/4d per day. He was a 23-year-old bachelor, living in Waltham Abbey (WO54/516 dated February 1816).
2. WO54/524 dated the 11th April 1818 recorded that he was still employed as a Labourer "Occasionally as required" at 2/4d per day, and this was also the case in 1819, according to WO54/528 dated the 19th May 1819.
