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Williams Owen Free Private 53843
Catalogue reference: SKR/DAT/IP/18602
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- SKR/DAT/IP/18602
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Title (The name of the record)
- Williams Owen Free Private 53843
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Date (When the record was created)
- 2000-2024
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Surname: Williams;
Forename(s): Owen Free;
Initials: OF;
Number: 53843;
Rank: Private;
Born in: High Wycombe, Bucks;
Enlisted in: High Wycombe;
Enlistment Date: 15-May-1916;
Resided in: High Wycombe;
Previous Number: 21414;
Previous Battalion: 3 of;
Previous Regiment: Bedf Regt;
Date of transfer to MGC: 01-Sep-1916;
MGC Branch: Infantry;
MGC Unit: 21 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (1): 237 Coy;
Other MGC Unit Served (2): 47 Bn;
Date abroad: 24-Oct-1916;
Theatre of War: 1;
How killed: KIA;
Where: France;
When killed: 21-Mar-1918;
Other Data: posted missing from 21 Bn, Red X lists Mar 1918
Red Cross Enquiry Card - PA41027
WO363
see GS archives for copy War Office docs
Desborough Park Road, High Wycombe;Other Notes: WILLIAMS, Private, OWEN FREE, 53843. Machine Gun Corps (Inf). 21st March 1918. Age 27. Son of John and Elizabeth Ann Williams; husband of Lilian Williams, of 134, West Wycombe Rd., High Wycombe, Bucks. C. 7/8. Saulcourt Churchyard Extension, Guyencourt-Saulcourt - Somme, France.
NB: posted missing from 47 Bn 23/3/1918 (WO363);END OF RECORD.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Vickers MG Collection & Research Association
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Graham Sacker
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SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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Within the fonds: SKR.2025.11
Machine Gun Corps Database Collection
Within the series: SKR/DAT/IP
Machine Gun Corps Database
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