Owen, Hugh | Universities at War

Personal details

Badges and Insignia - Border Regiment. Image kindly provided by Wartime Memories Project.

Name on Memorial:

Owen, H.

Forename(s):

Hugh

Surname:

Owen

Date of Death:

Sunday, May 16, 1915

Age at Death:

University life

College:

Armstrong College, Newcastle upon Tyne

Staff or Student:

Student

Degree(s):

BSc (1910)

Military Service

The information displayed here is at the time of death.

Rank:

Lieutenant

Service:

Army

Unit:

Border Regiment, A Company, 3rd Battalion

Prisoner of War:

Military Training:

Officers’ Training Corps, Armstrong College

Theatre of War:

France and Flanders

Biography

Hugh was born in Sevastopol, Crimea. He was the son of Elizabeth Owen of 3 Brendon House, Great Woodstock Street, London.

He attended Armstrong College between 1907 and 1910, gaining a BSc. in June 1910. Later he worked as a Shipyard Draughtsman, and lodged at a boarding house in Jesmond, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Hugh served in France from 1914 to 1915 and was wounded in 1915. He was killed in action at Festubert, France on 16th May 1915 aged 24.

Addresses before and during the war

Place of Burial or Battle Site Memorial

Hugh is buried in Guards Cemetery, Windy Corner, Cuinchy in Pas de Calais, France.

Memorials

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Research information

Sources:

UK Census registers, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

UK Military Service Records, National Archives (available via Ancestry.co.uk)

Newcastle University Archives (Roll of Service, Armstrong College Calendars)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission

Researched by:

Sophie Anderton, Holly Johnson, Alan Callender