Sydney Rogerson

Staff Sergeant Sydney George Rogerson, GC, (14 May 1915 – 23 September 1993), was a British Army soldier.

He was awarded the George Cross[1] for his heroics on 2 January 1946, after an explosion at Savernake Forest in Wiltshire.

He was a British Army soldier who achieved the rank of staff sergeant.

Rogerson was awarded the George Cross[1] for the "most conspicuous gallantry" he showed on 2 January 1946 when a massive explosion wrecked 27 railway wagons and two lorries being loaded with munitions at Savernake Forest in Wiltshire.

He showed "great courage and calmness" in taking control of the situation and rescued two severely injured men from beneath a burning lorry carrying a full load of shells.