Lot 370
A 1st KINGS SHROPSHIRE L I 1914 STAR/BAR TRIO.
A 1914 Star with bar, British War & Victory Medals named to 8184 Pte W Owen 1/Shrops LI on the star, Shrops LI on the latter two.
William Owen enlisted in the Kings Shropshire Light Infantry in 1906, being a labourer in a Tile Factory prior to that. He was born at Coalport Shropshire, aged 20 years and 4 months he signed on into the Regular Army for 7 years.
From his Regimental Court Martials and Defaulters appearances he appears to have been drunk or absent on several occasions. On one such occasion he also threatened an NCO with violence. Another was being drunk on Guard while on active service.
He served in India from February 1907 until the 19th March 1913. Then France from the 9th September 1914 until the 1st July 1915. Then in Salonika and Macedonia from the 7th November 1915 until the 15th December 1918. Finally in South Russia from the 16th December 1918 until the 16th April 1919
There are many photocopied details of his service and trials with the KSLI in civilian and wartime posts, etc
