Service Details
Name:
 EDWARDS
Given Name:
 GEORGE RICHARD OWEN
Initials:
 G R O
Rank:
 Major
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Regiment:
 Royal Field Artillery
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Unit:
 173rd Bde.
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Unit 2:
 "C" Bty.
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Date of Death:
 1917-06-17
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Date of Birth:
 1876-07-03
Age:
 40
Cause of Death:
 Died of wounds
Decorations:
 D S O and bar, Mentioned in Despatches
Citations:
 DSO 1 January 1917; Bar to DSO with 12th Citizen Battery LG Sup 22 August 1918 pg. 9797: MID LG Sup 4 January 1917 pg. 208
Additional
Information:
Son of Humphrey Owen and Caroline McIntosh (nee Kettle) Edwards, of Durban, Natal. Born Uitenhage.
Commemoration
Country:
 Belgium
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Locality:
 Heuvelland, West-Vlaanderen
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Cemetery:
 DRANOUTRE MILITARY CEMETERY
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Grave Reference:
 II. J. 1.

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