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Walter Hugh Banks Ogg

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H.M.S. Leander

Military Information

  • Date of enlistment: 11.08.1915
  • Place of enlistment:
  • Service no: Clyde Z/5908
  • Rank: Stoker 2nd Class
  • Service Occupation:
  • Awards:
  • Regiment/Service: Royal Navy
  • Unit/Ship: H.M.S. Leander

Personal Information

  • Date of Birth: 30.01.1896
  • Place of Birth: 215 Clepington Rd, Dundee
  • Address:
  • Occupation: Dentist
  • Mother:

    Isabella McWilliam

  • Father:

    William Cattanach Ogg

  • Siblings:

    Isabella, Maggie, William, Alfred & Mary

  • Spouse:

    Catherine Galloway Paton

  • Children:
  • Age at Death: 76
  • Date of Death: 07.05.1972
  • Place of Death: Sydney, NSW, Australia
  • Burial Country: Australia
  • Cemetery:

More about Walter Hugh Banks Ogg

Walter served on ‘Warrior’ from 23.11.15 to 13.6.16 and served aboard her at the Battle of Jutland. Warrior was heavily damaged by German shelling and withdrew from the action as she was taking on water, she floundered and sank 1 June 1916, 743 of her crew were rescued before she sank.  Vivid II, which was a Shore base, from 14.6.16 to 16.6.16 and from May to July 1917.
He was transferred to the Royal Navy on 19.6.16 as a Stoker, 2nd Class. Last ship was  Leander which was a Depot ship for torpedo boat destroyers, 1.7.18 to 9.10.19

Information  supplied by Irene Phillips, additional information and image supplied by Gary Thomson

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