Doctor John D Ozanne - ( 1816-1864) - Harold Ozanne's paternal grandfather

John Ozanne qualified as a medical practitioner in Paris in 1840. Later he converted to homeopathy and then practised in Guernsey for twenty years. Amongst many other positions he was appointed as Surgeon General of the Royal Guernsey Militia.

John Henry Ozanne (1851-1902) - Harold Ozanne's father

Born St Peter Port Guernsey, Channel Islands where his brother Sir Edward Chepmell Ozanne was Bailiff and Lieutenant Governor of the island.

Became a planter in British Guyana where he married Mary Lennox Searle in 1876 and where both his children, Harold and Katherine, were born.

He later joined the British Colonial Service and was appointed as Travelling Commissioner for the Colony of Gambia. He made regular contributions to the collection at the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. For his services he was appointed Companion of the Order of St Michael and St George (CMG)

Died of malaria in the Gambia 1902

Harold Ozanne (1879-1945)

Born in Harold Ozanne was born in Guyana on 10th April 1879 and died 66 years later in Bishops Stortford on 1st February 1945

Harold had a long and distinguished career in the Royal Marines both at sea and on land. At the start of World War 1 he was on board HMS Cressy when she was torpedoed and sunk in the North Sea. In 1916 he served aboard HMS Warspite at the Battle of Jutland and later that year joined the 1st Battalion Royal Marine Light Infantry in France, eventually becoming their Commanding Officer. He fought at the Battle of the Ancre River (Somme), the Battle of Miraumont (after which he was awarded the DSO), the Battle of Arras (Gavrelle Windmill and Arleux Loop) and the Second Battle of Passchendaele. He was wounded on numerous occasions and twice Mentioned in Despatches. In 1918 he was awarded the rank of Brevet Lieutenant Colonel for 'distinguished service in the prosecution of the war'

Cyrus Hunter Regnart - Harold's best man