1918-2008: Ninety Years of Remembrance

Soldier Record

Owen Breen

Contributed by: Thomas Breen McGhee., on 2008-11-07

Owen Breen
Rank
First Name Owen
Surname Breen
Year of Birth 1876
Year of Death 1916
Regiment Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers
Place of Wartime Residence Bellshill, Lanarkshire

Owen's Story

Died at the Somme age 39 left 8 chilldren

Other memories

Josephine Butler (glasgowgirl@sky.com) 2008-11-11

My great uncle L/Cpl Joseph Langtry was in same regiment.

He joined in Glasgow. He died 23 Mar 1918 with wounds.

Remembered at St Souplet British Cemetry.

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Tommy Mchgee, Bellshill. 2009-03-06

Owen was 40 when he died. Came from near Tempo county Fermanagh. Great book about Ulster regiments at the Somme called Fr. William Doyle.

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thomas mcghee, bellshill 2009-08-14

In a letter home Owen mentions a friend James Carrigan.

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