Basic Details
Surname
Louth
Forenames
Owen
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
120563
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 42 St John's Street.

(CWGC records that Private Owen Louth, regimental number 120563, died on 12/5/1919 serving in 60th Battalion Machine Gun Corps, and is commemorated on Stone 2B of the Chatby Memorial in Egypt. The Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects record that Owen died at sea on the Carisbrooke Castle, and that his legatee was his mother Maria. On the 1911 census Owen had been aged 16, living with his parents William and Maria Louth at 42 St John's Street, Peterborough. Owen's birth had been registered in Peterborough in 1895. He was baptised at St Mary's Church Peterborough on 26/5/1895).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Service (Primary - Stated)
Army
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Machine Gun Corps
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
60th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
At Sea
Town of death
H M Hospital Ship "Carrisbrooke Castle"
Country of burial
At Sea
Manner of death as stated
"Died on HM Hospital Ship 'Caris-Brooke-Castle' result of sickness" date not stated
Manner of death reference
Died of Disease
Personal Details
Address
42 St Johns Street
Occupation
Not Stated on Memorial