BORN HULL 1894. ELDEST SON OF WALTER & CLARA OWEN OF 7 KING’S BENCH STREET, HULL (HDM 01/05/1917). WORKED FOR THE GROCER’S, MESSRS WILLIAM JACKSON & SON LTD, BEFORE ENLISTING IN 1914. HE JOINED THE 5TH EAST YORKSHIRE CYCLISTS AND WAS ATTACHED TO THE 10TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT, WHEN HE WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 12/04/1917, AGED 23.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL ON 4TH MAY 1917, WITH HIS PHOTOGRAPH. *
THE OWEN FAMILY MOVED TO 44 MANOR PARK, LEWISHAM LONDON.
HIS BROTHER PTE, CHARLES OWEN, BORDER REGIMENT, WAS KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/07/1916, AGED 18.
First name:
WALTER WILLIAM
Military Number:
43112
Rank:
Cyclist
Date Died
12/04/1917
Place died:
Arras Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
23
