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Auction: 19002 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 147

Three: Warrant Officer 1st Class J. Owens, Royal East Kent Yeomanry, late 19th Hussars

1914-15 Star (3435 S. Mjr. J. Owens. R. E. Kent Yeo.); British War and Victory Medals, with M.I.D. oakleaf (3435 W.O.Cl.1. J. Owens. R. E. Kent Yeo.), good very fine (3)

John Owens was born in 1871 in Middlesex and enlisted in the 19th Hussars on 18 May 1889 at Hounslow. Promoted Corporal on 9 May 1896, Sergeant, 27 September 1900 and Staff Sergeant-Major on 1 May 1909, he was granted permission to continue in the service a further two years on 15 April 1910 - having witnessed 8 years in the East Indies and 4 further years in South Africa (Queen's Medal & 5 clasps; King's Medal & 2 clasps; L.S. & G.C.).

With the outbreak of the Great War, Owens re-attested for his former regiment, serving with the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force from 8 October 1915 and earning a 'mention' in Allenby's despatch (London Gazette 22 January 1919, refers); sold with copied service record.

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Sold for
£85