History while in the forces
Sep 1914: joined the 2/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment.Moved to Northampton.
Moved to Billericay.
Moved to Osea Island.
Moved to Malden.
Sent to Aldershot for training to qualify as Instructor in Bayonet fighting and physical drill.
Back to Malden. Instructed company as above.
Moved to Tidworth (Salisbury Plain)
May 1916: moved to France, Neuve Chapelle, Loos, Somme
10 Dec 1918: now B Company of Reserves Worcester Regiment, Blyth, Northumberland 10/2/17
- Surname
- Owen
- Forename
- Francis Bernard
- Service number
- 3172
- Rating or rank
- Sergeant (2nd Quartermaster Sergeant)
- Regiment or Other Unit
- [2/8th Battalion Worcestershire Regiment British Expeditionary Force France], B Company 7th…
- Branch
- Brierley Hill
- Date of Birth
- 23 Apr 1893
- Date of birth
- 1893
- Date of Entering Bank's Service
- Apr 1910
- Date of Joining HM Forces
- Sep 1914
