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Egerton Owen

Rank: 
Private
Regimental number: 
772862
Unit at enlistment: 
125th Battalion
Force: 
C.E.F.
Volunteered or conscripted: 
Volunteered
Survived the war: 
Yes
Wounded: 
Yes
Cemetery: 
Mount Hope Cemetery, Brantford, Ontario
Commemorated at: 
St. Paul's United Church
Birth country: 
England
Birth county: 
Lancashire
Birth city: 
Liverpool
Address at enlistment: 
25 Leonard Street, Brantford, Ontario
Next of kin address: 
25 Leonard Street, Brantford, Ontario
Trade or calling: 
Fireman
Employer: 
Water Works
Religious denominations: 
Methodist
Marital status: 
Single
Age at enlistment: 
23

Letters and documents

BX August 20, 1918

Private Edgerton Owen, 25 Leonard Street, and G. Thompson, 116 Dundas Street, are officially reported in the casualty list received from Ottawa this morning as among the wounded. 

BX July 25, 1984

Egerton Owen 

OWEN, Egerton (Ted) – At the Brantford General Hospital on Tuesday, July 24, 1984, Egerton (Ted) Owen in his 93rd year; beloved husband of Bessie Emmett; predeceased by a daughter, Jane and two brothers, Fred and George; survived by several nieces and nephews, Mr. Owen was a member of Branch 90, Royal Canadian Legion and served overseas with the 125th Battalion during the First World War and was a member of St. Paul’s Anglican Church.  Friends will be received at the Beckett-Glaves Funeral Home, 88 Brant Avenue, on Thursday, 2 to 4, and 7 to 9 p.m.  Service in the chapel on Friday at 3 p.m.  Interment Mount Hope Cemetery.

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