211289 L/Cpl Edward Owen Burnell British Army 1/6th (Carnarvonshire & Anglesey) Bn 6th Royal Welsh Fusiliers from:Holyhead, Anglesey Edward Owen Burnell was my great-uncle (Owen possibly was the name of his unknown father who had already died); Edward and my grandfather, John Rich, both of Holyhead, Anglesey, were mobilised in August 1914 and moved to Quebec Bks, Northampton. At this point, Edward was caught up by a lady named Marion Williams, also of Anglesey, whom Edward hastily married. She then returned to Anglesey and he moved on, possibly to Cambridge. On 19 July 1915, along with the 1/5th Flintshire Bn, he sailed to Gallipolli. He was apparently wounded there, was invalided out of the Army and returned to Anglesey by December 1915. For this he was awarded the Silver War Badge. He died peacefully in 1962.
Silver War Badge [KR 392 (XVI)]
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