South Yorkshire Times, July 24, 1943
Soldier Traced.
News has been received of Dvr. Alfred Ogden (22), of the R.A., third son of Mr. and Mrs. J.W. Ogden, 20, Dane Street, Thurnscoe East, who joined up in April, 1941, and was drafted abroad in Sept., 1941.
He was reported missing on Feb.15th, 1914, in Malaya. On July 13 last his parents received a postcard from him, saying that he was a prisoner of war in Japanese hands.
Before volunteering for the forces he was employed at Hickleton Main and was a member of Thurnscoe Home Guard.