WAR MEMORIALS IN THE PARISH OF NORTHOP
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
The villages of Northop, Northop Hall and Sychdyn (Soughton)
Name John Owen Saint
Regiment 2nd Btn King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Service Rank and Number Private 1808376
Military Cemetery/Memorial Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial XX.A,2
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Italy
Medals Awarded 1939 -45 Star, 1939-45 Defence medal
Date and Circumstances of Death Died aged 23 at the Battle of Coriano Ridge
Biographical Details Known The Saint family lived in Northop Hall. The father was Henry, a collier and his mother was Margaret Catherine. They lived at 8 Brookside Crescent at the time of the Second World War but previously they had lived in a cottage which was part of 'The Old Farm', Northop. Owen had an older sister, Joyce and a younger brother, Freeman. The father, Henry died when the children were relatively young and the mother had to struggle alone to bring them up. It is said that she worked from time to time as a cook at some of the big houses in the district, such as Soughton Hall and Lower Soughton Hall.
Owen is also listed in the Book of Remembrance at Liverpool Cathedral
Regiment 2nd Btn King's Regiment (Liverpool)
Service Rank and Number Private 1808376
Military Cemetery/Memorial Coriano Ridge War Cemetery
Ref No. of Grave or Memorial XX.A,2
Country of Cemetery/Memorial Italy
Medals Awarded 1939 -45 Star, 1939-45 Defence medal
Date and Circumstances of Death Died aged 23 at the Battle of Coriano Ridge
Biographical Details Known The Saint family lived in Northop Hall. The father was Henry, a collier and his mother was Margaret Catherine. They lived at 8 Brookside Crescent at the time of the Second World War but previously they had lived in a cottage which was part of 'The Old Farm', Northop. Owen had an older sister, Joyce and a younger brother, Freeman. The father, Henry died when the children were relatively young and the mother had to struggle alone to bring them up. It is said that she worked from time to time as a cook at some of the big houses in the district, such as Soughton Hall and Lower Soughton Hall.
Owen is also listed in the Book of Remembrance at Liverpool Cathedral
Private 1808376 John Owen Saint
Telegram sent by Mrs Margaret Saint to her other son, Freeman, (who was a Driver in the army (REME) on the Wirral) when she heard the news of Owen's death.
Owen's first grave at Montescudo.
Letter explaining that he had been moved to the Coriano Ridge Cemetery
Mrs Saint and Owen's brother, Freeman, made a trip to Italy in 1949, under the auspices of the British Legion, to visit the grave.
Owen's mother at his grave
Owen's grave with the headstone in place
Owen. 1921 -1944
Many grateful thanks for all of these documents and photographs to Owen's sister - in -law Margaret Saint and to his niece Jean Lloyd. Thanks also to Owen's nephew, Professor Christopher Paul Saint in Australia who set up the contact.