Private Owen Needham, 32825

  • Batt - 6
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Section -
  • Date of Birth -
  • Died - 28/04/1917
  • Age - 19

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of John Thomas and Frances Needham. His elder brother Frank also died. The War Diary entries for the 26th to the 29th April 1917 record. Disposition the same except for a line of outposts held on road. Map 51.B.SW., T.5.d., T.11.b. and d. Relieved at night by 1st LINCOLNSHIRE REGT.

Leicestershire Project Findings
  • Conflict - World War I
  • Other Memorials - Shepshed Oaks & Charley
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
  • Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
  • Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
  • Burial Commemoration - Bucquoy Road Cem., Ficheux, France
  • Born - Shepshed, Leicestershire
  • Enlisted - Leicester
  • Place of Residence - Sparrow Hill, Shepshed, Leicestershire, England
  • Memorial - SHEPSHED MEM., LEICS
  • Memorial - ST. WINIFRIDE'S ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, SHEPSHED, LEICS

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