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Salmon's head mounted on a shield with an inscription painted below: 'Weight 23 lbs, W. H. K. Owen, Aug 27, 1913'. W. H. K. Owen of Llanbadarn Fawr was born in 1893 and died of wounds in France, 1915.

The taxidermist was possibly J. Hutchings of Aberystwyth.

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This item has helped to colour the picture I have of my relative, William (Billy) Henry Kenrick Owen. Many thanks. If anyone would like to know more about him I have written an account of his life which starts at www.owen.cholerton.org/05_elias_38.php.

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