Ronald Ogden
Memorial: Staple Hill - Page Park
Regiment: Royal Artillery
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Gunner
Parents: Walter George and Winifred Amy Ogden
Home address: Downend
Pre-war occupation: Not known
Date of birth: 1926
Date of death: 26/09/1944
Buried/Commemorated at: No known burial site but commemorated at Groesbeek Memorial, Netherlands and Staple Hill War Memorial
Age: 18
Further information:
1 Air-landing Anti-Tank Battery. Royal Artillery.
The Air landing Anti-tank regiment were tasked with protecting the glider borne troops as they mass landed in Holland as part of operation Market Garden. During the battle of Arnhem the regiment was one of the divisional units that helped form a defensive ring around Oosterbeek. Fighting was fierce and losses were heavy with only 136 of the 372 men surviving. Ronald was killed on the last day of the battle of Arnhem.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.findmypast.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1st_Airlanding_Light_Regiment