Lieut. Colonel Christopher Charles Lynwood Owen, MVO, OBE

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MVO, OBE, Royal Green Jackets. Elder son of Denis Gordon Owen of Rhodesia. Educated at Christian Brothers College, Bulawayo, Rhodesia, and RMA, Sandhurst.

Studied law on leaving school and in 1961 joined the Federal Army of Rhodesia and Nyasaland and attended the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. Commissioned into the Rhodesian African Rifles, 1963. Appointed Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Rhodesia, His Excellency Sir Humphrey Gibbs, 1965. Resigned his commission shortly after Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence and remained at Government House until February 1969 when he went to England. June 1969 commissioned into the Royal Green Jackets. 1974 graduated from the Staff College and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in Nov. 1978. Has served with his regiment and on
the staff in England, West Germany, Northern Ireland and Cyprus.

Member of the Victorian Order 1969. Order of the British Empire 1980. He holds the General Service Medal (GSM) (Northern Ireland) and United Nations Peace-keeping Medal (Cyprus).

Died:
Age: 66

Christopher married Lucia Elizabeth Purvis [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Naomi Dorothy Kerr. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah-Jane. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]