Corporal 1586 Ernest Owen

Regiment/Unit: South Lancashire Regiment - 1st/5th Bn.
Theatre of War: Home
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 13/02/1915

Age at death: 20
Date of death: 28th of September 1916 (Thursday)
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Manchester Southern Cemetery - Screen Wall.

Family details:
Son of John and Emma Owen, of 36, Kirkland St., St. Helens. Alternative Commemoration - buried in Eccleston (St. Thomas) Churchyard Extension.

Census details:
1901 - 5 years old Ernest is living at 36, Kirkland Street, St Helens with parents John (40), Emma (39) and eight siblings: Richard (18), Ellen (16), Maud (14), Albert (11), Mary J (10), Joseph (7), Emma (2), John (7 mths). 1911 Census - The Owen family lived at 36, Kirkland Street, St Helens. John and Emma had been married for 29 years and had a daughter and five sons living with them, including 15 year old Ernest, a Brick Setter.

[pic]imgs/WW1_ext/R941.png[/pic][pic]imgs/WW1_ext/R942.png[/pic] [pic]imgs/WW1_misc/OwenErnest_SLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The St Helens Reporter - Courtesy Ste M[/caption]