of governor of the Egyptian oases. Major Cecil Stephen Northcote succeeded him as Governor of Mongala. Owen was appointed an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in 1919. He was mentioned in dispatches twice, held the 3rd Class of the Order of the Medjidseh and was a Grand Officer of the Order of the Nile. Owen died in Cairo on 1 August 1941. Bibliography References Sources 1866 births 1941 deaths Military personnel from Chelmsford Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George Officers of the Order of the British Empire King's Shropshire Light Infantry officers Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry officers British colonial governors and administrators in Africa People educated at Rossall School Sudan Political Service officers Anglo-Egyptian Sudan people People from Writtle