Hugh Cuthbert Basset Rogers (1905 - 1978) was an English military historian and expert on the campaigns and armies of the Napoleonic period. He wrote books on the military history of the United Kingdom.
Early life
He was born in 1905 at Wylam-on-Tyne.
He was educated at Wellington College and the Royal Military College at Sandburst.
Career
He was commissioned in The King's Own Royal Regiment in 1924.
He transferred to the Indian Signal Corps in 1926.
He transferred to the Royal Signals in 1930.
Recognition
At the 1940 Birthday Honours of King George VI, he became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) for military duty for the Royal Corps of Signals and its operations in France and Belgium in 1940.
Legacy He died in 1978 in the UK.
Bibliography
He is the author of a number of notable books:
A history of artillery
Turnpike to iron road
The British Army : today and tomorrow
The mounted troops of the British Army, 1066-1945
The pageant of heraldry; an explanation of its principles & its uses to-day
The Confederates and Federals at war
References
External links
Supplement to the London Gazette SteamIndex List of Works by Rogers, H. C. B. Tanks in battle / by H.C.B. Rogers.