Lieut. Colonel Christopher Charles Lynwood Owen, MVO, OBE: Gibbs Family Tree

Gibbs Family Tree

1941 - 2007 (66 years)

Generation: 1

Lieut. Colonel Christopher Charles Lynwood Owen, MVO, OBE was born on 14 Mar 1941 in Salisbury, Rhodesia (son of Denis Gordon Owen and Kathleen Lillian Hammond); died on 29 May 2007 in Pewsey, Wiltshire.

Notes:

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]

Children:

Generation: 2

Denis Gordon Owen was born on 6 Apr 1912 in Barbeton, South Africa (son of Arthur Gordon Owen and Constance Harcourt Lees); died on 16 Oct 1971 in Bulawayo, (Southern Rhodesia) Zimbabwe.

Denis married Kathleen Lillian Hammond. Kathleen was born on 6 Apr 1916 in Salisbury, (Southern Rhodesia) Zimbabwe; died on 1 Mar 1999 in Beckenham, Kent. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Kathleen Lillian Hammond was born on 6 Apr 1916 in Salisbury, (Southern Rhodesia) Zimbabwe; died on 1 Mar 1999 in Beckenham, Kent.

Children:

1. Lieut. Colonel Christopher Charles Lynwood Owen, MVO, OBE was born on 14 Mar 1941 in Salisbury, Rhodesia; died on 29 May 2007 in Pewsey, Wiltshire.

Generation: 3

Arthur Gordon Owen was born in 1877 in Newcastle On Tyne, Northumberland; died on 28 Apr 1950 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.

Arthur married Constance Harcourt Lees. Constance was born on 13 Aug 1876 in Dinard, France; died on 9 Nov 1920 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Constance Harcourt Lees was born on 13 Aug 1876 in Dinard, France; died on 9 Nov 1920 in Johannesburg, Transvaal, South Africa.

Children:

2. Denis Gordon Owen was born on 6 Apr 1912 in Barbeton, South Africa; died on 16 Oct 1971 in Bulawayo, (Southern Rhodesia) Zimbabwe.