Today | News | Books | Recipes Adventure | Science Fiction | Ghost stories | Poetry | Children | History BookEID=, Stoker, 1st Class, S.S. 107833, H.M.S. Pathfinder; lost when that ship was sunk by a mine, about 20 miles off the East Coast, 5 Sept. 1914. =OWEN, ERNEST HADDON=, Lieut., 3rd Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., attd. 1st Battn. South Wales Borderers, elder _s._ of William Haddon Owen, of Louth, co. Lincoln, formerly of Little Grimsby Hall, co. Lincoln, Solicitor, by his wife, Elizabeth Vincent, dau. of Charles Leftwich Oldfeld Bartlett, of Burton House, Sherborne; _b._ Louth, 4 Feb. 1886; educ. Llandaff Cathedral School, Stancliffe Hall Preparatory, and Haileybury, where he was in the College Cadet Corps; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the 4th (Militia) Battn. Lincolnshire Regt., 15 Oct. 1904; later transferring to the 3rd (Special Reserve) Battn., and was promoted Lieut. 8 May, 1911, and was Musketry Instructor; left the Army in 1912; was admitted a Solicitor in 1909, joining the firm of Haddon Owen & Son, of Louth. On the outbreak of war he rejoined his old regt., 15 Aug. 1914, with the rank of 2nd Lieut., and was gazetted Lieut. 23 Dec. 1914; went to France, 12 Nov., being attd. to the South Wales Borderers, and was killed in action at Festubert, 21 Dec. 1914; _unm._ Buried on the battlefield. His commanding officer wrote: "He was killed leading his men into the trenches, and was shot in the head when only three or four yards off them. He was slightly wounded in the neck a short time before, but gallantly led his men on"; and a brother subaltern: "Your son was in the leading company. We had to drive the Germans from the trenches which the Indians had lost the day previously. You will be glad to hear we got those trenches. He was most brave in the advance, and those of us who saw him advance could not help but note his coolness and unconcern." [Illustration: =Ernest Haddon Owen.=] =OWEN, FRANK JAMES=, Private, R.M.L.I., 12974 (R.F.R., Ch. B. 1437), H.M.S. Cressy; lost in action in the North Sea, 22 Sept. 1914. =OWEN, GEORGE WEBSTER=, Capt., 1/10th Battn. The Manchester Regt. (T.F.), _s._ of the late Thomas Owen, of The Pollards, Penketh, near Warrington; _b._ Eccleston, co. Lancaster, 27 July, 1882; educ. Warrington Grammar School, and Manchester University (where he was in the O.T.C.), and later was a Yarn Agent in Manchester. He joined the 2nd Volunteer Battn. Manchester Regt. in 1899; was given a commission as 2nd Lieut., in the 10th Battn. Manchester Territorials, ... April, 1910, and promoted Lieut. 15 March, 1912, and Capt. 31 Aug. 1914; volunteered for Imperial service on the outbreak of war; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force at the Dardanelles, and was killed in action there, 6 June, 1915, during the attack on Krithia. Lieut.-Col. J. B. Rye wrote: "He was with his company, which had been attd. to the Royal Fusiliers, and during the three days' hard fighting had made quite a name for himself, by the leading of his men and the example he set them, and it was whilst taking them on to recapture a Turkish trench that he was killed. Please accept the most sincere sympathy of myself and all the officers, non-commissioned officers and men of his Battn. in your great loss. We have lost a cheerful and popular comrade." Capt. Owen _m._ at Unnston, co. Lincoln, 20 July, 1910, Ruth Mary (Glentworth, Ramillies Avenue, Cheadle Hulme, Cheshire), dau. of S. W. Cocks, of Unnston; _s.p._ =OWEN, HUGH=, Lieut., 3rd, attd. 2nd Battn. The Border Regt., yr. _s._ of Sol Owen, of Odessa, Russia, Merchant, by his wife, Elizabeth dau. of William Rees; _b._ Sevastopol, Crimea, 30 May, 1890; educ. Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Cranbrook (1901-7); Armstrong College, Newcastle-on-Tyne (1907-10); and Durham University, where he obtained his degree of B.Sc. While at Cranbrook he was in the Cadet Corps, attd. 2nd Volunteer Battn. The Buffs, East Kent Regt., and at Durham University was a Corpl. in the O.T.C. On the outbreak of war he was gazetted 2nd Lieut., 3rd Border Regt., 21 Aug. 1914, and promoted Lieut. 8 April, 1915; went to the Front, 13 Nov. 1914; was wounded at Neuve Chapelle, 12 March, 1915; returned to duty on 6 April, and was killed in action at Festubert, 16 May, 1915; _unm._ [Illustration: =Hugh Owen.=] =OWEN, NORMAN MOORE=, 2nd Lieut., Royal Field Artillery, yr. _s._ of the Rev. Octavius Edward Owen, Rector of Over Wallop, co. Hants, formerly Lieut. Royal Marine Artillery, by his wife, Ella Jane, yr. dau. of Col. John Patrick Briggs, of Strathairly, Fife, late Indian Army, _b._ Flempton Rectory, Bury St. Edmunds, 16 Dec. 1893; educ. Stubbington House, Fareham, and Cheltenham College; gazetted 2nd Lieut. 18 July, 1913; went to France 18 Aug. 1914, and was killed in action at the Battle of the Aisne, 13 Sept. 1914; _unm._ Buried at Chassemy, France. [Illustration: =Norman Moore Owen.=] =OWEN, THOMAS=, Private, No. G./1234 (8th Service) Battn. Royal Fusiliers; served with the Expeditionary Force in France etc.; died 29 July, 1915, of wounds received in action. =OXENBRIDGE, GEORGE HERBERT=, Private, No. 3644, 2/4th Battn. Royal West Kent Regt. (T.F.), only _s._ of George Edward Oxenbridge, Private, Royal Sussex Regt. (now serving in Egypt), by his wife, Eliza Annie (33, Shelly Cottage, Denny Bottom, Tunbridge Wells); _b._ Tunbridge Wells, 26 April, 1897; educ. Rusthall and Church of England Schools there; enlisted 21 Dec. 1914; served with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and was killed in action at Gallipoli, 22 Aug. 1915, while acting as a stretcher-bearer, and was buried at Anafarta Plain. An officer of his platoon wrote: "It was on 22 Aug., a man was wounded outside the trench; your son went out after him to bring him in, and was shot dead. I was sorry indeed, as he was a very good soldier, cheerful and very willing, also a general favourite amongst his fellow comrades. He did a very brave act, and I am very sorry indeed to lose him"; and a comrade: "We were in some heavy fighting that day and chaps were shot down anyhow, and one Welsh boy was severely wounded and laid out in front of our lines, and as they asked for volunteers to fetch him in, Pat, who was a stretcher-bearer, volunteered and was shot before he got to the chap; it was a very brave deed and deserved the D.C.M. All our company miss him very much." [Illustration: =George H. Oxenbridge.=] =OZANNE, EDWARD GRAEME=, Capt., 3rd Battn. Royal Fusiliers, only _s._ of Edward Chepmell Ozanne, of Le Platon, Guernsey, Bailiff of Guernsey, by his wife, Frances; _b._ Guernsey, 5 April, 1883; educ. Rugby; gazetted 2nd Lieut. to the Royal Fusiliers, 8 May, 1901, and promoted Lieut. 19 Oct. 1904, and Capt. 23 April, 1912; served in the South African War, 1902; took part in the operations in the Transvaal, and in those of the Orange River Colony and Cape Colony, Feb.-31 May, 1902 (Queen's medal with four clasps); and with the Expeditionary Force in France from 18 Jan. to 14 Feb. 1915; and was killed in action in trenches at Ypres on the latter date. Buried in the Ramparts there. He _m._ at Bombay, In |