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Clarence Ogden

Played by David Sterne

Fact title Fact data
Date of birth
21 November 1856
Place of birth
Buckfastleigh
Age at outbreak of WW1
57
Occupation
Vicar
Address
Buckfastleigh Parsonage

An traditional Victorian vicar, Clarence is comfortable with voicing firm beliefs and resolute judgements. He serves on the panel for local military service tribunals and holds little sympathy for those who wish to be granted exemption from conscription. He shares his disgust of those who refuse to fight on grounds of conscience with his headmistress wife, .

Their son Martin is a recipient of the Croix de Guerre and is celebrated as a war hero. But, in private, Martin does not hold the same patriotic mindset of his parents about the war.