BORN HULL, 05/11/1895. BAPTISED AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO, ON 24TH NOVEMBER 1895.
SON OF JAMES OWEN (1851-1931) & CATHERINE WOOD, LIVING AT 403, WINCOLMLEE, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS). SON OF AN OIL MILL PRESSMAN. BROTHER TO ALICE, CATHERINE, SARAH ANN AND MARGARET, AND A YOUNGER BROTHER, GEORGE WILLIAM WOOD.
HE WAS A FLOUR MILL LABOURER. SINGLE MAN.
HE ENLISTED IN HULL. SERVED AS A TROOPER, IN THE 18TH QUEEN MARY ‘S OWN HUSSARS, HOUSEHOLD CAVALRY. KILLED IN ACTION, DURING THE GERMAN SPRING OFFENSIVE ON 22/03/1918, AGED 22. HIS FATHER, JAMES WOOD, RECEIVED HIS ARMY EFFECTS.
A ROMAN CATHOLIC. HIS NAME IS LISTED ON ST CHARLES’ BORROMEO CHURCH MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
First name:
JAMES OWEN
Regiment:
Military Number:
11090
Rank:
Trooper
Date Died
22/03/1918
Place died:
Serre Road Cemetery No:2, Somme, Somme, France
Age:
22
