Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Percy Ernest Stretton Ogden an estate agent, born 22nd April 1863 in Leicester and his wife Edith Ogden (nee Copeland, married on the 7th June 1885 in the parish church, Kegworth , Leicestershire district), born 1864 in Nottingham. Percy Ernest was born on the 11th February 1892 in Hungarton, Leicestershire and was baptised on the 29th September 1892 in the parish church, Hungarton, his siblings were, Ethel Mary, born 1886, Clement Copeland, born 1888 and Edith Winifred, born 27th August 1889, the latter three siblings were all born in Nottingham and Dorothy Maud, born 1896 in Queniborough, Leicestershire, in March 1901 the family home was at Barkby Road, Queniborough. In April 1911 Percy was assisting his father as an estate agent and was residing in the family home at Barkby Road, Queniborough, together with his father, a house and estate agent, his mother and siblings, Clement, an architect, Edith, a governess, Dorothy, a schoolgirl and Neville Edward, a schoolboy, born 23rd September 1902 in Queniborough. In 1939 Percy’s widowed father, a retired estate agent was residing in the family home Curzon Lodge, Barkby Road, Barrow upon Soar, Leicestershire, together with Percy’s sister Edith.
On Friday June 22nd 1917 The Melton Mowbray Times & Vale of Belvoir Gazette published the following article under the heading. “MELTON AND THE WAR” – QUENIBOROUGH YEOMEN KILLED. The toll of the war fell with a double exaction upon Queniborough last week, and the sympathy of the whole district will go out to Mr and Mrs P. E. Ogden, of Curzon Lodge, and to Mr G. Crawford, of the Manor Farm, in the loss they have sustained by the deaths of their sons, Percy Ogden and Max Crawford, on June 11th. Both were members of the Gaddesby troop, Leicestershire Yeomanry, and as such were very popular and well known. The sad news, received on Saturday morning, was broken in a kindly and sympathetic letter from Lieut. T. H. Simpkin (late of Rearsby), who states that the two friends were working together (apparently just behind the lines), and were killed by the same enemy shell. Trooper Ogden had only just rejoined the unit after some weeks in hospital. The article continued. - TROOPER MAX CRAWFORD whose portrait is given above, was Mr George Crawford’s son, and he joined the Gaddesby Troop in June 1915, volunteering for France the following October. After serving nearly 12 months in France he was brought to England suffering from cerebral meningitis. Deceased was again drafted to France on April 30th 1917. Mr Crawford’s three sons all joined the army at the outbreak of war, and he has now lost two of them in France within four months.
The War Diary record: 10-11 Jun-17 - EAST OF EPEHY. On the night of the 10th/11th June all Squadrons returned to camp. Captain R. McK. CARDWELL and 56 other ranks being left as a working party.
The War Diary records: 30 Jun-17 - Casualties during the month. Killed in action Lt. P. M. TOULMIN and 9 other ranks. Died of wounds, 1 other rank. Wounded in action, 16 other ranks.
On Friday September 27th 1918 The Melton Mowbray Times & Vale of Belvoir Gazette published the following article under the heading. “QUENIBOROUGH.” – MEMORIAL SERVICE. – A memorial service was held in the Parish Church on Thursday evening for Captain C. H. Woodhouse and 15 others from the parish who have fallen in the war, viz. Lieut. Brooks, Lieut. T. Fox, Edward Lowe, Alfred Lowe, William Glover, Sydney Crawford, Max Crawford, Percy Ogden, Charles Stiff, Harold Mansfield, Richard Mansfield, Isaac Bursnell, William Cook.