Friday 17 September 2010

193 Rfm William Owen 2nd Bn, KRRC

193 Rifleman William Owen of the 2nd Battalion, King's Royal Rifle Corps, died on the 17th September 1914. He was killed in action and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the La Ferte sous Jouarre Memorial in France.

Wiliam was born in Peckham and living in Brixton when he enlisted. He was overseas by the 13th August 1914 and his number either dates to a regular enlistment in April 1897 or to enlistment in the 5th (Special Reserve) or 6th (Extra Reserve) Battalion in early August 1914. Either way, William would certainly have had prior military service under his belt to have been sent to France so soon after war was declared.

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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