Lt George Wilfred Owen

1894 Apr 24. Born Dartford, Kent, son of Kathleen and Arthur Frank Cowley

1911 census at The Vicarage, Meopham, Strood, Kent

1915 Jul 30 Landed in France

1917 Apr 25 Commissioned 2nd Lt

1918 Apr 17. Transfers to RAF.

RAF Record

1921 Jan 23. Joined ADRIC with service no 1584. Posted to O Coy

1921 Feb 4. Posted to H Coy

1921 Feb 13. Posted to N Coy

Fined £1 by Coy Commander

1922 Jan 14. Discharged on demobilisation of ADRIC

1925 Jan 2.In India on MIC. At Hanchi Betta, Pollihetta, S Coorg, India

1926 Jul 20. Married in Cannanore, Madras, India to Emily Gertrude Eileen Moir

1927 Sep 6. Indian Army Reserve of Officers. To be Captain, George Wilfred Owen, 6th Sept. 1927, with seniority 16th July 1920.

1932 Aug 24 Resigns his commission in IARO

1934 Nov 2, Leaves UK for Colombo. He is an estate manager living in India

1939 Mar 15. Died when hit by a train 60 miles from Madras. Suicide

British India Office Ecclesiastical Returns - Deaths & Burials Transcription

 

ADRIC

WO 339/81686