LOCAL INTEREST - A First World War medal trio to 8184 Privat...

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LOCAL INTEREST - A First World War medal trio to 8184 Private William Owen, King's Shropshire Light Infantry. 1914 Mons Star with clasp, 1914-18 War Medal and Victory medal, with bi-metal KSLI cap badge and Field Service Pocket Book 1914. Sold together with relevant typed and printed research, including service papers, regimental defaulter sheets and discharge records. Provenance:Footnote: William Owen was born in Broseley in 1887, the son of William and Mary Owen. By the 1901 census, at age 14, he was listed as a tile worker living at 18 Roper's Hill, Madeley (now Newbridge Road, Ironbridge). A contemporary newspaper article lists him as a moulder at the Ironbridge Coalbrookdale works as a moulder at the outbreak of war. Service Details: 22nd August 1906: Enlisted at Shrewsbury into the King's Shropshire Light Infantry (KSLI).29th November 1906: Transferred to the 1st Battalion, KSLI.16th February 1907 - 19th March 1913: Served in India.16th November 1913: Transferred to the 2nd Battalion, KSLI.22nd March 1913: Entered the Army Reserve.5th August 1914: Mobilised at Shrewsbury.9th September 1914 - 1st July 1915: Served with the British Expeditionary Force in France and Flanders.7th November 1916 - 15th December 1918: Served in Salonika and Macedonia.4th December 1918: Posted to the 2nd Battalion, KSLI.16th December 1918 - 16th April 1919: Served in South Russia (one of seven officers and 464 men).31st March 1920: Discharged from service with the rank of Lance Corporal. His brothers all likewise served during WW1: John, with the 4th KSLI; Frank, with the 9th North Staffs, killed at Gallipoli on 8th August 1915) and Robert, 7th KSLI, died of wounds in France on 24th October 1918.