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Rigger's Mate JAMES THOMAS OWEN

Service Number: R/JX 164638
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M. Boom Defence Vessel Sparsholt.

Date of Death

Died 13 March 1942

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT

Naval Reservation. Grave 1537.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Florence Maud Owen, of Hull.
  • Personal Inscription BELOVED ELDEST SON OF JAMES WILLIAM AND FLORENCE. PEACEFULLY SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

GILLINGHAM (WOODLANDS) CEMETERY, KENT
Kent United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 1219
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