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Private JOHN OWEN

Service Number: 39429
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Wales Borderers

5th Pioneer Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 May 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY

XIV. E. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Martha Owen of Clayford, South Dairy, nr. Clarbeston Road, Pembrokeshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE WAS A FLOWER FRESH & GREEN SOON CUT OFF NO MORE SEEN
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Buried or commemorated at

NINE ELMS BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1615
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