Saturday 13 March 2010

8632 Pte John James Owen, 1st Bn, Worcestershire Regt

8632 Pte John James Owen of the 1st Battalion, Worcestershire Regiment, was killed in action on the 13th March 1915. He was 22 years old, a Birmingham man; the son of Ann Owen of 1 Goldschmidt Street, Stockport Road, Ardwick, Manchester, and the late John James Owen. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Le Touret Memorial.

John Owen's number dates to August or September 1904 and it seems likely that he was on the reserve when Britain went to war in 1914. Furthermore, because the terms of enlistment in 1904 were 3 & 9, it's also a possibility that John only had three years' experience as a regular soldier under his belt when he was recalled to the colours in 1914. He arrived in France on the 12th December 1914 and was killed at the Battle of Neuve Chapelle.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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