anne,heres the rest of your novel.
private john owens
No149
1st battalion,northumberland fusiliers
transferred to 500 home service emplyment company,army No 256302.
medal entitlement 1914 star,war and victory medals.
john was a reservist in the 3rd battalion,these act as a reserve for the 1st battalion,after heavy casualtys at mons,john was part of a draft of reinforcements,he landed in france on 12th sept 1914 at havre.
sorry anne,thats all i know.
mack
thanks mack,thats a lot more help than you might think.
i do know he was in the reserves but did'nt know it was from the 3rd battalion,
until recently i did'nt even know his regiment in world war 1.he was in the army
sometime before his marriage in 1909 but on his marriage cert he was a labourer.
i am convinced now the card is the right one.g'dad john is hard work even though i
know a fair bit about him in dublin and have marriage and death certs and know he
is buried in a family grave in mount jerome cemetery dublin,his army papers are the
hope of finding an exact birthdate for him so i can trace his family to a specific place in wales,
as i know thats where he and his family were until he was 14 years old.
here i go again writing novels when all i really want to do is say thanks for the info',only thing i
could think of for the letters hs was hospital ship! regards,Anne
