992. Sig Dvr. Owen, Owen
Driver/Signaller
1908 Serv. No: 992
1917 Serv. No: 725348
Awards: 14/15. BWM. VIC.
Personal Details
WORKING NOTES
Attended Swansea Municipal Sec School - left 1908 (ROH) - gives approx DOB 1892/93 and Lived in Swansea. Only 1 obvs option.
Born 22/10/1893, Swansea. Parents - John (postal sorting clerk) & Eleanor Jane
1901 - 84 Lower Oxford St, Swansea. 7yo. W parents & 2 older sis
1911 - 11 Westbury St, Swansea. Occ-Clerk, Ironmongery. W parents and 2 older sis
1921 -
1929 - Married Alice Gilbert, Q1, Swansea
1939 - 81 St Helens Rd, Swansea. DOB 22/10/1893 Occ-Assistant butcher & Special Constabulary. W wife, Alice
1954 - Died Q1, Swansea
Military Service
No SR
Enl 14 Sep 1914. In Football photo and photo of recruits
FR 21/22 Nov 1915
Likely Egypt Feb 1916
Nothing else
Date Entered Theatre (MIC): 22/11/1915
First Theatre (MIC): (1) France
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)
Explanation Of Abbreviations
Awards
- 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
- BWM – British War Medal
- VIC – Victory Medal
- SWB – Silver War Badge
- TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
- TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
- TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal
Gallantry
- MID – Mention In Dispatches
- LG – London Gazette
- MM – Military Medal
- DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal
Sources
- ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
- MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
- SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
- SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
- SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
- COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
- SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
- PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
- CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
- RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
- NEWS – Newspapers
- CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
- BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
- FAM – Family Records