Official photograph card of William Owen's grave

Item

Title

Official photograph card of William Owen's grave

Identifier

7119.jpg
GWA_6175_caerscan0186.jpg

Subject

Owen, William William

Abstract

Director of Graves Registration and Enquiries card, with photograph.

Private 3134 William William Owen, 1st Bn. Welsh Guards, was killed in action 20th September 1917, aged 41. The husband of Asneth Owen, of Pembroke House, Penygroes, Carnarvonshire, he is buried in Canada Farm Cemetery. The 1st Bn., part of the Guards Division, was taking part in the Battle of the Menin Road, third phase of the Third Battle of Ypres.

Date

September 1917 - December 1918

Date Created

1917-09-01

Temporal Coverage

1918-12-31

Source

Photograph

Medium

Mixed

Type

Official document

Contributor

Richard Marshall
Richard Marshall (Caernarfon Submission Day 8th May 2008)
Mrs R. A. Williams

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford