David Arthur Rogers (12 March 1921 – 23 November 2020) was Archdeacon of Craven from 1977 to 1986.
[1] Rogers was born in a South Yorkshire vicarage in 1921, the son and grandson of clergymen.
[1] At the start of WWII Rogers joined the Oxford City Local Defence Volunteers, and then, in 1940, the Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Regiment as a private soldier.
Later in the War, he served in the GHQ Liaison Regiment (Phantom) under Field Marshal Montgomery.
[5] He chaired the Council of Parcevall Hall, a diocesan retreat and conference centre.