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About Lieut. Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC
Shropshire, England, Church of England Births and Baptisms, 1813-1900
- Name: Wilfred Edward Salter Owen
- Birth Date: 18 Mar 1893
- Baptism Date: 8 Apr 1893
- Baptism Place: Oswestry, Holy Trinity, Shropshire, England
- Religion: Anglican
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- Father:
- Tom Owen
- Mother:
- Harriett Susan Owen
- Page number: 208
- Reference Number: P215/A/1/1
OWEN, WILFRED EDWARD SALTER
- Rank: Lieutenant
- Date of Death: 04/11/1918
- Age: 25
- Regiment/Service: Manchester Regiment 5th Bn.
- Awards: M C
- Grave Reference: A. 3.
- Cemetery: ORS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
- Additional Information: Son of Mr. and Mrs. Tom Owen, of "Mahim", Monkmoor Rd., Shrewsbury. Native of Oswestry. Enlisted in The Artists' Rifles in October 1915. Commissioned into the Manchester Regiment in June 1916. Was a poet of repute, although during his lifetime, only a few of his poems appeared in print. The 'Atheneum' of December 1919, nominated Owen's work "Strange Meeting" as the finest of the war. http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/336417/OWEN,%20WILFRED%2...
http://www.wilfredowen.org.uk/Biography
Probate
"OwenWilfred Edward Saltere, of Mahim Monkmoor Roard Shrewsbury Lieutenant 5th Battalion Manchester regiment died 4 Novemeber 1918 in France. Administration Shrewsbury 16 April to TYom Owen assistant Railway superindtendent. Effects £162 13s.
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Lieut. Wilfred Edward Salter Owen, MC's Timeline
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March 18, 1893
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Plas Wilmot, Weston Lane, Oswestry, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
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April 8, 1893
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Holy Trinity, Oswestry, Shropshire, England (United Kingdom)
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November 4, 1918
Age 25
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Sambre–Oise Canal, Northern France, France
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November 4, 1918
Age 25
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Ors Communal Cemetery, [A.3.], Ors, Northern France, France
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