World War 1
Search the known records to date of those lost from the wider Alnwick area in World War 1
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Walter Tait Ovens
Forename(s):
Walter Tait
Surname:
Ovens
Initial(s):
W T
Service Number:
10938
Rank:
Corporal
Regiment:
King's Own Scottish Borderers, 1st Battalion
Died:
04/06/1915
Buried:
Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey
Service History:
Enlisted at Edinburgh, Scotland.
In 1911 Ovens was serving with & based at the Regiment's Depot at Berwick-upon-Tweed.
Background:
Born about 1892 at Rothbury, Northumberland, the son of Walter T. & Isabella Ovens.
The 1901 Census shows the family living at Reedsmouth Hamlet. Walter Snr. (50) was a Railway Passenger Guard. Oven's mother was also 50 & his siblings were: Isabella (14) & William (7). George Wilson, a 29 years-old Railway Porter was also boarding with the family.
Resident at Edinburgh at the time of enlistment.
Local Memorial:
Unknown