Basic Details
Surname
Owen
Forenames
Wilfred Edward Salter
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Honours
Military Cross
Notes
His name was added to the memorial in November 2018 (see References). The university website provides this biographical detail: ‘Born 1893 in Shropshire. Famous as one of the leading poets of the Great War, Wilfred Owen attended Reading University College briefly in 1912. Served with the Artists’ Rifles and the Manchester Regiment, earning the Military Cross. Died 4th November 1918. Buried in Ors Communal Cemetery, France. Named in the Reading University College memorial book.'
Primary Service
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Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Country of burial
France
Town of burial
Ors
Cemetery
Communal Cemetery
Year of death
1918
Month of death
November
Day of death
4