- Grandparents
- John Yarrow 1806-1858
- Elizabeth Jeffery 1808-1895
- William Gothard 1816-1887
- Sarah Hawkins 1820-1882
Owen Yarrow
1882-1917
Owen Yarrow was the youngest of the three children of James Yarrow and his wife Mary (née Gothard).
With his wife Laura, the couple had several children but most of these did not survive their infancy. The family lived in Holt Fen, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire.
Owen worked as a Postman and had to carry mail to the front lines during the 1st World War. It was during the battle at Cumbrai, France, that he was sadly killed. None of his personal possessions were recovered. He served with the 5th Suffolk Regiment and the 1st Battalion Post Office Rifles.
During the 1st World War, whilst Owen was away, his wife Laura gave birth to the son of another man. He was born in 1916 and brought up as Alfred Yarrow but was killed in the Second World War in 1943.
Further Details
Born:
1882, Little Thetford, Cambridgeshire.
Married:
- Laura Dewsbury (1885-1972) on 26th November 1905 at Little Thetford parish church, Cambridgeshire.
Children:
- Arthur Owen Yarrow (1906-1970)
- Laura Yarrow (1908-1909)
- Ida Mary Yarrow (1912-1999) married George William Bent (1911-1966)
Died:
30th November 1917, aged 35 years, during the Battle of Cumbrai, France.
Buried:
No known grave in France. He is commemorated at the Cambrai Memorial, Louverval, Nord, France and also on the Little Thetford War Memorial which reads "faithful until death"