Walter Ogborne
Memorial: Filton - Community Centre
Regiment: Labour Corps
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 102296
Parents: Frederick and Mary Ogborne
Marital status: Single
Home address: The Rosary, Station Street, Filton, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Telegram Messenger
Date of birth: 1897
Place of birth: Filton, Bristol
Date of death: 15/04/1918
Buried/Commemorated at: Buried at St. Pierre Cemetery, Amiens, Somme, France and commemorated on St Peter’s Church Memorial Filton.
Age: 21
Further information:
Walter was born in Filton, the son of a farm labourer and a middle child of nine children with five brothers and three sisters.
Walter enlisted in the Army, initially in the Royal Field Artillery (198903) before transferring to the Labour Battalion attached to the Devonshire Regiment (58516). He finally transferred to the 171st Company, Labour Corps and was wounded in action in February 1918 when he was awarded a wound stripe. Walter was killed in action and buried in the cemetery at Amiens which was used by the 42nd Stationary Hospital based in Amiens at that time.
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/