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Re: George Owen Casualty Details?
« Reply #9 on: Saturday 22 November 14 16:17 GMT (UK) »
Hi Eric

It may be that 'sirim' is working on a local project to collect names for a database of those who served in WW1 and were from a local church/community/village etc.  There are a lot of projects of this nature going on at the moment.  For example, I am working on one trying to provide background information to names on a local War memorial.  I hope that he gets back in touch as I am sure you could provide him with some good information on George Owen. 

Just as an aside - men were not necessarily put into local Regiments (certainly not after the Pals fiasco).  As the war progressed, men were generally put in Regiments that needed more men.

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Re: George Owen Casualty Details?
« Reply #10 on: Monday 12 January 15 16:23 GMT (UK) »
Eric,
Apologies for the delay in replying - its been quite a while since I last logged on to RootsChat, but it was a nice surprise to see your message.

The reason for my inquiry was to try and pin-point if George Joseph Owen is the same man who is commemorated on the LNWR (London & North Western Railway) Great War Roll of honour which lists a Private G.Owen who was employed as a Goods Porter at what was then the Park Lane goods Depot in Liverpool.
My research had narrowed it down to this being George Joseph. It would be great if you do happen to know if he was a railwayman before he signed up?
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