On 14 July 1917 he matriculated as a student in the University of London in the second division, having satisfied the examiners in English, Mathematics, Chemistry, Heat, Light and Sound, and French.

On 28 December 1917, Rogers was posted to the British Merchant Navy as a radio operator with the Marconi International Marine Communication Company Limited.

1 Radio School in the design, installation and maintenance of the MB2 early warning radar system and posted on 30 March 1941 to the West Prawle Chain Home Low station,[16][17] he was recalled in October 1941 to No.

60 Group headquarters at Oxenden House/The Heath in Leighton Buzzard where he served for the remainder of the war, rising to the rank of Squadron Leader[18] before his demobilisation on 21 September 1945.

[26] In 1954, after his production role on 2 June 1953 for the outside broadcast of the coronation of Elizabeth II, he was advised that he would in future be the producer in charge of all Royal occasions and the main contact with the Palace for these events.