BORN BARNSLEY 1899. SON OF ROBERT OWENS (1873-1932), OF 26, SPENCER STREET, HULL, 8, RUSSELL TERRACE, BEAN STREET, HULL AND 19 GILLETT STREET, HESSLE ROAD, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESSES)
LIVED IN HULL, AT 10, ST MARY’S WALK REDBOURNE STREET, HULL (1911 CENSUS)
ENLISTED BEVERLEY.FORMERLY, PRIVATE, 29084, ESSEX REGIMENT, AND PRIVATE, 23790, EAST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. TRANSFERRED TO THE 6TH BEDFORDSHIRE REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 23/08/1917.
COMMEMORATED ON THE TYNE COT MEMORIAL, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE WW1 MEMORIAL AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, JARRATT STREET, HULL. UNTRACED.
First name:
JOHN
Regiment:
Military Number:
23790, 29084, 40681
Rank:
Private
Date Died
23/08/1917
Place died:
TYNE COT MEMORIAL, WEST-VLAANDEREN, BELGIUM
Age:
17
