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Owen William Steele

In memory of:

Lieutenant Owen William Steele

July 8, 1916

Military Service

Service Number:

326

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Royal Newfoundland Regiment

Division:

1st Bn.

Additional Information

Son of Samuel Owen Steele and Sarah Blanche Steele, of "Avalonia," Kings Kerswell, Newton Abbot, England. Native of St. John's, Newfoundland.

Commemorated on Page 119 of the Newfoundland Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

MAILLY-MAILLET COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme, France

Grave Reference:

D. 10.

Location:

Mailly-Maillet is a village in the Department of the Somme, about 9 kilometres north of Albert. The MAILLY-MAILLET COMMUNAL CEMETERY is about 1 kilometre north of the village, a little west of the road to Courcelles-au-Bois; the EXTENSION is on the east side of the Communal Cemetery.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of OWEN WILLIAM STEELE– In memory of the men and women from Newfoundland who went away to war and did not come home. From the Rooms Archives and Museum St Johns Newfoundland. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Biography – In memory of the men who served in the Royal Newfoundland Regiment during World War I and did not return home.
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