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Auction: 7022 - Orders, Decorations, Medals & Militaria
Lot: 439

Three: Corporal R. Owen, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, and Royal Horse Guards 1914-15 Star (1609 Tpr. R. Owen. R.H. Gds:); British War and Victory Medals (1609 A. Cpl. R. Owen. R.H. Gds.), nearly extremely fine (3) Estimate £ 200-220 1609 Corporal Robert Owen, born Maidenhead, Berkshire, 1893; enlisted in the Royal Horse Guards, 14.3.1914; served with the British Expeditionary Force in France from 19.5.1915; promoted Corporal, 24.1.1918; transferred 3rd Battalion, Guards Machine Gun Regiment, March 1918; dangerously wounded in the neck, 31.3.1918; died of wounds, 1.4.1918, and is buried in Wimereux Communal Cemetery, France.

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