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FarrierQMS. Cyrus Owen Roach
British Army Royal Field Artillery
from:Bodmin
(d.23rd Aug 1915)
Cyrus Roach served during Anglo Boer War and was apparently serving in India for 10yrs. He received the Royal Humane Society Medal for bravery for saving the life of a pallbearer on the Brahmaputra River. However this has been told through family members but cannot find evidence of this. His original Headstone at Bodmin has been replaced with CWWGC which apparently was put on after the death of Cyrus Owens' spouse Naomi Edith Ethel Maud Roach and the Original headstone was not put back, but it has been told to me by my father that there were a lot of decorations on the original headstone. Unfortunately a lot of photos and information have been burnt and I only have snippets told to me by surviving relatives.
Cyrus Owen apparently was a Farrier Quarter Master Sergeant who also was a Veterinary Surgeon or what we now today would call Animal Husbandry. He served with the 17th Battery Royal Field Artillery during WW1 and died at Ayot Exeter on the 23rd August 1915. From the photo he was with C Battery (Farriers), 46th Brigade, RFA
