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Lieutenant JOHN ROBERTS OVENS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Connaught Rangers

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 November 1914

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RUE-DU-BACQUEROT NO.1 MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE

I. A. 19.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Roberts Ovens and H. R. Ovens, of Horsehill House, Callow End, Worcester.
  • Personal Inscription WE ASKED LIFE & THOU GAVEST IT HIM
FOR EVERMORE: STORIES OF THE FALLEN
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Buried or commemorated at

RUE-DU-BACQUEROT NO.1 MILITARY CEMETERY, LAVENTIE
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 635
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