214806 A/Bdr. Henry Lowe British Army 83rd Bde. C Bty. Royal Field Artillery (d.12th Oct 1917) Acting Bombadier Henry Lowe 79215 with C Battery of the 83rd RFA. As a signaller of the Forward Observation Battery Henry(Harry) was in the very front of the brigade, almost in the line of reserves of the attacking infantry. After the jump off of the attack at 5.20 am 12 Oct, the Germans replied by enormous artillery fire, it was this fire that caught Henry. He was killed near Vancouver Corner, the spot where Canadians were attacked with gas on 22 April 1915 and where is now a Canadian Memorial. After he was killed he was buried at Vlamertinghe New Military Cemetery. According to a letter from his 2nd Lieutenant H. Ashton he died instantly from a piece of shell hitting him in the heart. He was trying to repair wire whilst being shelled and was sheltering in a shell hole which was hit by another shell. He was the 3rd son to give his life in WWI
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