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Second Lieutenant HENRY JAMES OWEN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Welsh Fusiliers

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1918

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

XIII. D. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Capt. T. Owen and Mrs. E. Owen, of Ivy Cottage, Aberporth, Newcastle Emlyn, Carmarthenshire.
  • Personal Inscription HIS SUN IS GONE DOWN WHILE IT WAS YET DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3561
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