Photograph of William Owen sent to Mother

Item

Title

Photograph of William Owen sent to Mother

Identifier

9477.cpd

Subject

Owen, William William

Abstract

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

1914 - 1918

Date Created

1914-08-01

Temporal Coverage

1918-12-31

Source

Postcard

Medium

Photographic paper

Type

Photograph

number of pages

2

Contributor

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

Publisher

The Great War Archive, University of Oxford