Robert, known as Angus, and John were brothers.
| Unit or location | Role | Posted from | until |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marton Patrol | Patrol member | Unknown | 03 Dec 1944 |
| D-Day Defending the IOW | Patrol member | June 1944 | June 1944 |
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Angus had joined the Home Guard in 1940 and was recruited to the Patrol from there.
“We used to pass the Home Guard out parading and know we were going to do some proper stuff, with shooting practice and explosives. We were the first to get plastic explosives, rather than gelignite, it was Churchill’s orders that we got it before the regular army.”
“We didn’t go talking about it, but my mother must have known about all the explosives and ammunition, piled high under the double bed.”
“I used to like shooting. I won two competitions with the short Lee Enfield .303 rifle.”
He owned a .22 rifle already and a 12 gauge shotgun and was used to shooting game, such as rabbits and pigeons on the farm.
Angus Ogilvy was one of the Yorkshire men sent to Isle of Wight to guard the Island in the period around D Day. He recalled seeing the V1 “Doodle-bug” rockets flying overhead, something unknown in Yorkshire.
“We were so secret that there was never any medal for it.”
The Nominal Roll records his 1939 ID wrongly as JFPU 106/4.
In May 1950 he traveled to Canada intending to settle but later returned to the UK.
The National Archives in Kew ref WO199/3389
1939 Register
Brian McMurray
The late Robert Angus Ogilvy , letter 30 Mar 1998