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Auction: 22001 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 545

A Great War Mesopotamia 1918 M.C. group of five awarded to Captain & Adjutant A. C. Owen, Royal Welsh Fusiliers, late Corporal, Royal Fusiliers

Military Cross, G.V.R., the reverse contemporarily engraved 'A. C. Owen.'; 1914-15 Star (PS-3063 Cpl. A. C. Owen. R. Fus.); British War and Victory Medals (Capt. A. C. Owen.); Defence Medal 1939-45, good very fine (5)

M.C. London Gazette 26 August 1918 (Mesopotamia).

Arthur Charles Owen was born on 22 November 1885 in Lampeter. Owe was educated at Llandovery College and Faraday House, an electrical engineer by trade. He enlisted in the 21st (Public Schools) Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in October 1914 and served in France from 14 November 1915-18 May 1916. Having been singled out as having Officer potential, Owen was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant in the 21st Battalion, Royal Welsh Fusiliers in August 1916. He disembarked in Bombay on 3 March 1917 and made it to Basra by 10 March. Joining the 8th Battalion, he was made Adjutant in January 1918 and was Lewis Gun Officer in May. In August, having been duly rewarded with his Military Cross, he was granted leave in Bombay. Owen resigned his commission January 1920.


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