Sergeant Charles Albert Owston
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Owston,
Charles Albert
Date of birth: 1890-10-09
Place of birth: Liverpool England England
Next of kin: Peter Owston, father, 90 Needham Road, Liverpool, England
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Clerk
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-04-09
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Villers Station Cemetery, VIII. A. 7.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: 418010
Highest Rank:
Sergeant
(42nd Battalion)
Rank detail
Sergeant, 42nd Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: While engaged in dressing a wounded man during an attack West of Vimy, he was hit in the head by an enemy sniper’s bullet and instantly killed
Awards
Distinguished Conduct Medal
Military Medal
1914-1915 Star
British War Medal
Victory Medal
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 60135
LAC ID:
552598
Service file: B7524-S053
Uploader's Notes:
3 years, 5th Royal Highlanders
Uploader's Research notes: Details of death from Ancestry.com which includes a digitized image of the casualty form from the "Canada, War Graves Registers (Circumstances of Casualty), 1914-1948” database [Sergeant Army Canadian Infantry 42nd Battalion Military Medal 1914/15 Star British War Medal Victory Medal Distinguished Conduct Medal ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2014-08-20