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Pte. James Owens
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
from:Lissan, Moneymore, Co. Derry
(d.16th May 1915)
I've just discovered that my grandfather's eldest brother, James Owen, joined up at the beginning of WW1 and was killed at Mons, France in 1915. He was only 24 years old. He came from Lissan, a small hamlet in County Derry in Northern Ireland. James served with the 2nd Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers. His death is commemorated at Le Tournet, a Commonwealth Graves Commission cemetery in France. Strangely enough, this same cemetery is the last resting place of my husband's great uncle, Frederick Larter. Now I know why my father was named James - it was in honour of grandfather's eldest brother, who died so young.