WEDI EI GLWYFO.
Y mae Lieut. Vernon Owen, mab y Parch. T. E. Owen, rheithor y plwyf, wedi ei glwyfo yn Ffrainc.Mewn ysbyty yn y wlad hono y mae ar hyn o bryd.
Yr Udgorn 01/12/1915
LIEUTENANT VERNON OWEN (Died of Wounds).
News reached Aberdaron on Tuesday that Lieutenant Vernon Owen. only son of the Rev. T. E. Owen, the Rector, had died from wounds received in France, where he was struck by shrapnel. He was 22 years of age.Lieut. Owen, who was attached to the 9th Royal Welsh Fusiliers, was well-known in Bangor, where his father was at one time Minor Canon at the Cathedral. He was educated at Friars School, and afterwards proceeded to the University College of North Wales. A member of the University College Officers' Training Corps, he enlisted as a private when the war broke out, afterwards obtaining a commission in the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
He was in the great advance at Loos, from which he emerged unscathed. Unassuming and ever ready to do a good turn, he was very popular at Friars and at the University College. He was an enthusiastic footballer, having played for Friars, Bangor Athletic, the 'Varsity and the Bangor Town Club. On and off the football field he always "played the game," and the news of his death will be received with genuine regret by his many friends.
His cousin, Lieut. Owen. son of Mr W. P. Owen, solicitor, Aberystwyth, died of wounds in France a few weeks ago.
Yesterday the flag of the University College of North Wales was flown at half-mast out of respect for Lieut. Owen.
The North Wales Chronicle 03/12/1915
MARW O'I GLWYFAU.
Daeth y newydd i Bwllheli ddechreu'r wythnos ddiweddaf fod y Lieut. Vernon E. Owen, unig fab y Parch T. E Owen, M.A., y rheithor, wedi marw o'i glwyfau yn Ffrainc.Perthynai y swyddog ieuanc - nid oedd ond dwy ar hugain oed - i'r 9fed Fataliwn o'r Royal Welsh Fusiliers.
Cyn y rhyfel yr oedd yn efrydu gogyfer a'r weinidogaeth yn Mhrifysgol Bangor. Ymunodd a'r fyddin fel milwr cyffredin, a chafodd ddyrchafiad buan.
Bu farw cefnder iddo, Lieut. Owen, mab Mr. W. P. Owen, cyfreithiwr, Aberystwyth, o'i glwyfau yn Ffrainc beth amser yn ôl.
Yr Udgorn 08/12/1915
LLEYN RURAL COUNCIL.
VICAR OF ABERDARON'S BEREAVEMENT.
A meeting of the Lleyn Rural District Council was held on Wednesday, Mr J. Hughes Parry presiding.THE LATE LIEUT. VERNON OWEN.
The Clerk read the following letter from the Rev. T. E. Owen, vicar of Aberdaron."I note that at their last meeting the Council most kindly passed a resolution expressing their sympathy and wishing my son a speedy recovery from his wounds. Since then the Guardians have met, and through you have sent me a letter of condolence, which I most highly appreciate. It was a source of great comfort to me, and my son, to be in each other's company during his last days.
Naturally, his chief wish was recovering to see Aberdaron - the dear old place, as he called it. But it has been willed otherwise, and he now sleeps with many of his brother officers out in foreign soil, for you will remember the opening lines of a stanza by Rupert Brooke, entitled,
"The Soldier:"—
If I should die, think only this of me:
That there's some corner of a foreign field
That is for ever England.
Yes, he went voluntarily at the call of duty, and has been offered a willing sacrifice on the altar of patriotism.
Mil gwell yw marw'n fachgen dewr,
Na byw yn fachgen llwfr.
Please convey my heartfelt gratitude to the Council and Guardians for their kind words."