Monday 10 May 2010

G/25590 Pte Clarke Owen, 1st Bn, The Queen's

G/25590 Private Clarke Owen of the 1st Battalion, The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment), died of wounds on the 10th May 1918. He was born in Runcorn but was living in - and enlisted at - Swansea. He formerly served with the Manchester Regiment - number 55316 - and is buried in Esquelbecq Military Cemetery in France. The Commonwealth War Graves Commission notes that he was 25 years old, the husband of Rosina Dawes (formerly Owen) of 144 Ladysmith Street, James Bay, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.

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

Sources:

Ancestry (MIC, WO 363)
Soldiers Died in The Great War
Army Service Numbers
The Commonwealth War Graves Commission

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