Auction Catalogue

13 October 2021

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Lot

№ 147

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13 October 2021

Hammer Price:
£240

Three: Private D. Owens, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, who was killed in action on the Western Front on 2 September 1916

1914-15 Star (6406 Pte. D. Owens. R.W. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (6406 Pte. D. Owens. R.W. Fus.) good very fine (3) £80-£120

Daniel Owens was born at Llanberis, Carnarvonshire, and attested for the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Ammanford, Carmarthenshire. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front, and was killed in action on 2 September 1916, one of three men killed prior to the attack near Delville Wood on 3 September. He is buried in Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban, France.