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Claro Times - 27th March 1915
Among the wounded, who arrived on the train
ambulance on Monday, was Jonathan Owen of the 1st Grenadier
Guards, who was suffering from severe shrapnel wounds in the leg.
Gangrene set in after his arrival in Harrogate, and he died at the
Grand Duchess George's Hospital, Tewit Well Road, on Thursday.
Yesterday the body was conveyed from Harrogate to
the deceased's home in South Wales. The procession from the hospital
to the station was headed by the band of the Yorkshire Hussars
playing the "Dead March" from "Saul". The Grand
Duchess with Baron and Baroness Stoeckl were among the following,
the Baron wearing the uniform of a Russian officer. The Mayor of
Harrogate, wearing his chain of office, was also present.
Wreaths were sent by the Grand Duke and Duchess George, the
Princesses Nina and Xenia, Baron and Baroness Stoeckl, the wounded
soldiers at Tewit Well and Heatherdene Hospitals, and the nursing
staff at Tewit Well Hospital.
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