Date of Birth
11 June 1890
College
Borough Road College
Job(s)
Teacher at Yardley Road Comprehensive School, Birmingham
Service number
11421
WW1 rank
Lance Corporal
Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry, 2nd Battalion
Theatre of war
Europe
Date of death
25 September 1915
Buried/memorial
Loos Memorial, France (Grave/Memorial reference: Panel 83 to 85)
Biography
Lance Corporal Charles Leonard Ovens was the son of Charles Leonard and Elizabeth Ann Ovens. He attended Borough Road College for two years, competing for the college in rugby and rowing, even representing the college at an intercollege varsity in 1910. He enlisted in the 2nd Battalion Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry on 1 September 1914. Lance Corporal Ovens died aged 25 on the 25 September 1915.
Sources
Entry on p.86 [Roll of Honour page], Mentioned on Framed Borough Road College Roll of Honour, Borough Road College 1907 applications, BFSS/2/9/16/4, BFSS/2/9/14/5 [BRCRU005], Secondary source information provided by Douglas Craik (taken from Commonwealth War Graves Commission), 1911 Annual Report