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L/Cpl. John Lowrey
British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:South Shields, Tyne & Wear
(d.26th Sep 1915)
John Lowrey is my great uncle and I'm writing this story 100 years after his death, it will be exactly 100 years in September when I plan to visit Loos where there is a memorial to the fallen. He came from South Shields where I was also born and raised.
John was 20 yrs old when he enlisted on the 24th August 1914 at North Shields. He was 21 when killed on 26th September 2015. It took his mother 10 months to get confirmation of him having been killed and this was only after numerous attempts on her part to get information from the British War Office. I have a copy of her letters to the War Office and a copy of their responses. I have his medals (issued to his father some 7 years later) and I have numerous photographs. I also have numerous letters and post cards that John wrote to his mother between the time that he enlisted and the time he was killed.
