Walter Ogle
He was a groom.
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Walter Ogle was born on 27th June 1885 at Nottingham, he was baptised on 13th June 1886 at St Nicholas Church, Nottingham, he was the son of George and Mary Ogle née Perry and the brother of Giles (killed in action 15/9/1916) Ogle.
His father George Ogle was born in 1845 at Westmorland, he died in 1905 at Nottingham he was 64 yrs, his mother Mary Perry was born in 1847 at Radford, they were married in 1868 at Nottingham, they had 7 children.
In 1901 they lived at 17 Ossington Street Old Radford Nottingham.
In the 1911 census Giles Ogle is a boarder he is 24 yrs of age a general carter he is boarding at 18 Valentine, Broad Marsh Nottingham he is boarding with Frederick Wall 24 yrs a general carter and his wife Mable Wall 23 yrs and their son Arthur William 4 yrs of age.
In the same 1911 census his widowed mother Mary Ogle 67 yrs is living at 4 Percy Yard Hyson Green, she is living with her married daughter Harriett Beardsley 30 yrs and her huband William Beardsley 35 yrs a plasterers labourer. and their daughter Florence May 7 yrs of age.
In 1911 Walter was living in Nottingham's Bagthorpe Workhouse.
Walter married Eliza Summers, (born 18th October 1874,) they were married in 1915 at Nottingham, they lived at 6 Rectory Place, Bailey Street, Old Basfod, Eliza brought two children to the marriage Percy Summers born 12th April 1903 and Leonard Summers born 6th July 1908.
Commencing 11th November 1918 his widow was awarded a pension of 25 shillings and 5 pence a week.
Private Walter Ogle enlisted at Nottingham he served with the 4th (Special Reserve) battalion South Staffordshire regiment, he was killed in action on 10th April 1915, having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial Panel 6
His brother Private Giles Ogle enlisted on 21st August 1907 at Nottingham. He went to France 11th November 1914 and was killed in action, 15th September 1916, in the attack on the German positions at Guillemont, France, during the Battle of the Somme. Having no known grave his name is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial, Pier and Face 10 C 10 D and 11 A.
Special Reserve
This was a form of part-time soldiering, in some ways similar to the Territorial Force. Men would enlist into the Special Reserve for 6 years and had to accept the possibility of being called up in the event of a general mobilisation and otherwise undertake all the same conditions as men of the Army Reserve. Their period as a Special Reservist started with six months full-time training (paid the same as a regular) and they had 3-4 weeks training per year thereafter. A man who had not served as a regular could extend his SR service by up to four years but could not serve beyond the age of 40. A former regular soldier who had completed his Army Reserve term could also re-enlist as a Special Reservist and serve up to the age of 42.
Photo of Walter Ogle
Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium