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57584: Official photograph card of William Owen's grave

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Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries card, with photograph.

Private 3134 William William Owen, 1st Bn. Welsh Guards, was killed in action 20th September 1917, aged 41. The husband of Asneth Owen, of Pembroke House, Penygroes, Carnarvonshire, he is buried in Canada Farm Cemetery. The 1st Bn., part of the Guards Division, was taking part in the Battle of the Menin Road, third phase of the Third Battle of Ypres.

History

Identifier

7119.jpg| GWA_6175_caerscan0186.jpg|

Subject

Owen, William William

Date

September 1917 - December 1918

Date Created

01/09/1917

Temporal Coverage

31/12/1918

Source

Photograph

Medium

Mixed

Type

Official document

Contributor

Richard Marshall | Richard Marshall | Mrs R. A. Williams

Submission Event

Royal Welch Fusiliers Museum, Caernarfon Castle Submission Day, 8th May 2008

Rights

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford