325:. The latter post he held until August 1860, when he was appointed commanding Royal Engineer of the western district. Owen had been promoted brevet lieutenant-colonel on 6 June 1856, and on 22 November 1861 he was promoted brevet-colonel. On 1 April 1862 he became a regimental lieutenant-colonel. During his command in the western district the important land and sea fortifications for the protection of the dockyard and naval base at Devonport, converting the place into a first-class fortress, were commenced, as well as the defences of the Severn at Breandown and at Steep and Flat Holmes, which were also in his district. The Plymouth defences absorbed most of Owen's time and attention, and it was while engaged in inspecting the progress of some of these works that he caught a chill, from the effects of which he died. Cunliffe-Owen died at his home, 3 Leigham Terrace, Plymouth, on 7 March 1867. He was buried in Plymouth cemetery. A stained-glass window was erected to his memory in the chancel of St. James's Church, Plymouth.
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