Charles Chaloner Ogle

In January 1878, Ogle travelled to Pelion to report on the Thessalian Revolt.^[2][9] During this period Ogle sent almost daily reports to The Times.^[9] Ogle's reports emphasised the plight of Thessaly's civilian population.^[9]

On the 15 March 1878, Ogle sent his final letter to his mother from Volos.^[12] On 21 March [O.S. 14 March] 1878, Ogle travelled from Volos to Makrinitsa.^[12] Ogle was reportedly carrying only a walking stick, having left his revolver behind.^[12]

Ogle is believed to have died on 29 March [O.S. 17 March] 1878, following the Battle of Makrinitsa.^[9][13][12] Ottoman officials sent Hobart Pasha Ogle's passport alongside a report that claimed Ogle's deceased body had been found at a house in Makrinitsa holding a rifle.^[12]

Ogle's headless body was later found in a ravine, and was identified by a scar on the wrist and a blood-stained telegram in his pocket-book addressed to The Times.^[1] Ogle's head was not found.^[12] Ogles body was taken on board H.M.S. Merlin, and transported to Piraeus.^[1] Ogle's post-mortem stated he had died following two deep wounds in the stomach, which had perforated his liver and had been inflicted by either a sharp implement or a firearm at close range, and that he had been crudelly decapitated after death.^[12] It was also concluded that Ogle had been hit in the leg, most likely with the butt-end of a gun, before his death.^[12]

Ogle was theorised to have been assassinated on the orders of the Ottoman commander Amouss Aga, whom Ogle had previously condemned for the massacre of Bulgareni.^[1][12] Pasha alleged that Ogle aided Greek revolutionaries, and had died during an insurgency.^[12]

On 10 April [O.S. 29 March] 1878, Ogle's funeral took place at the First Cemetery of Athens and was followed by a pilgrimage to the Cathedral Basilica of St. Dionysius the Areopagite.^{[1][2][9][12]} Ogle's funeral was arranged by Charilaos Trikoupis.^[9]

Ogle was buried next to the grave of Konstantinos Kanaris.^[2][11] In the 1980s Ogle's grave plot was sold and his tombstone was removed.^[2] In 1984, Ogle's tombstone was erected as a monument with a cenotaph in Makrinitsa.^[2][9]

In 1882, an enquiry into Ogle's death was held by Edwin Henry Egerton, the then British Chargé d'affaires at Athens.^[13] The enquiry concluded that it was impossible to determine the exact circumstances of Ogle's death.^[13]

A street in Volos is named after Ogle.^[2][14]

In 1890, the actor Vasilios Andronopoulos (1838-1897) published the play the "Assassination of Charles Ogle in the Battle of Makrinitsa: A National Drama in Two Acts with Deification" (Greek: Δολοφονία Καρόλου Ογλ εν τη μάχη Μακρυνίτσης : Δράμα Εθνικόν εις πράξεις δύο μετ' Αποθεώσεως).^[15][16]