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Sgt. Robert Ogden MM.
British Army 1st Btn. Lincolnshire
from:Grimsby
My great uncle, Robert Ogden, joined the Lincolnshire Regiment in 1904. At the time of enrollment, he gave his year of birth as 1885 although it was in fact 1887. The reason, I believe, would have been that, at that time, you needed to be 19 years old to serve abroad. He served with the Lincolnshire Regiment throughout the years leading up to the Great War, including a period of time in India.
At the outbreak of war, the Lincolnshire Regiment was at Portsmouth and immediately started preparations for transfer to France. At 0615 hours on 13th August 1914, they marched out of barracks to the railway station, where they were transferred to Southampton and boarded the SS Norman for the overnight voyage to Le Havre. From Le Havre they were transported, by train, to the Mons area where they were heavily involved in the early engagements of the war.
He served throughout the conflict, finishing as Sergeant at the end of the war. He was awarded the Military Medal (an entry appeared in the London Gazette in February 1919). I have been unable to, as yet, trace a citation or official record for the award but I believe that it was awarded for recovering an injured soldier, under fire, from no man’s land. He was discharged on 31st March 1920.
