Notes
The All About Thornton website (see References) states: 'Albert Ogden, born 13 April, 1890, eldest son, and 4th child of Nelson and Harriet Ogen who in 1901 lived at Allerton Hall Cottages. In the 1911 Census he was a Dyer’s Labourer in a Worsted Mill, aged 20. His mother, Harriet, aged 45 had been widowed and the family, plus a boarder, were living at 8 Percy Street, Mountain. He appears to have emigrated to Canada, most likely on the S.S. Canadian in May 1914, or less likely on the S.S. Virginian in October 1912, He enlisted at Valcartier, in the Province of Quebec, Canada on 19 September 1914, at which time he declared that his trade was a Farm labourer and his UK address was Old Raggalds, Queensbury, England. Private, 15th Bn. Canadian Infantry, 48th Highlanders of Canada, #27389. Died 7 September 1916, in trenches south-west of Courcelette. Commemorated at the Canadian National Vimy Memorial, Pas de Calais, France, and on the Canadian National Virtual Monument.'