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231239

Pte. Thomas Low

Royal Army Medical Corps 1/3 3rd Highland Field Ambulance

from:Blairgowrie, Scotland

(d.29th Jul 1916)

Thomas Low was my grandmother's cousin. He was born in Blairgowrie, Perthshire, Scotland in February 1900 and died of his wounds on 29th July 1916. He is buried at Heilly Station Cemetery, France and his grave number is 11E35. He . He joined up in Dundee, Scotland, and was involved in the Battle of the Somme.




232804

Pte. J. T. Lowden

British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Usworth

J Lowden was wounded in October 1916




223032

Pte. Stephen Lowden

British Army 6th Btn. East Lancashire Regiment

from:Burnley, Lancashire

(d.9th Aug 1915)

Stephen Lowden lived at 90 Finsley Gate, Burnley, Lancashire. He died on the 9th August 1915, aged 32, and is commemorated on the Helles Memorial, Gallipoli, Turkey.




1713

Pte. Albert Samuel Lowe

British Army 16th Btn. Norfolk Regiment

from:Scottow, Norfolk

Albert Samuel Lowe was born on 22nd September 1889 in Scottow, Norfolk, the son of Robert Lowe and Sarah Eliza Rump. There were 6 children in the family, 4 boys and 2 girls. He and his brothers were keen brass band enthusiasts. Albert played the flute and clarinet. He was in the Fife and Drum Band as a Drummer and in the Royal Norfolk Regiment in the First World War. He was very fortunate to come through it as he was in the Battle of the Somme and not many came out of that. He always said that it was the only time during the war that the order "every man for himself" was given. Before the war, he was a farm foreman and team-man and looked after lovely Shire horses.

Marjorie Blake



219900

Pte Albert Edward Lowe

British Army 2nd Btn. Monmouthshire Regiment

from:16 Newgate Street, Brecon

(d.12th April 1918)

Albert Lowe was my grandfathers brother. He was killed in action in the Lys Battlefield Sector and is commemorated on the Ploegsteert Memorial to the Missing. He was 21 when he died




234119

Pte Bernard Richard Lowe

British Army 3rd Btn. Coldstream Guards

from:Manchester

(d.15th Sep 1916)

I am told that my Great Grandfather Bernard Lowe's army records state that he died in Mons on 15th Sept 1916 but Mons was occupied by the Germans on that date. I have been to Mons today and verified that fact. Yesterday I went to Albert on the Somme where on the 15th September 1916 there was a big offensive at Ginchy, apparently involving The Guards. I have seen Bernard's name on the monument at Thiepval. I have his picture in uniform.

Editor's Note: Bernard's battalion fought at Mons in 1914, perhaps someone has confused this with his death during the Battle of the Somme?




254274

Pte. Charles Lowe

British Army 9th Btn. Black Watch

(d.25th Sep 1915)




255898

Gnr. Douglas Lowe

British Army 145th Heavy Battery Royal Garrison Artillery

from:Manchester

Douglas Lowe was my great uncle. He suffered from a gas attack and died in 1932 aged 37.




260244

A/Sgt. Frederick John Lowe

British Army Royal Field Artillery

from:Saville Road, Silvertown, London

(d.15th Apr 1917)




238422

Pte. Henry Arthur Lowe

British Army Royal Warwickshire Regiment

from:Coventry, Warwickshire

(d.12th August 1917)




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




257307

2/Lt. Henry Griffith Pagan Lowe DCM.

Royal Flying Corps 45 Squadron

from:Pernambuco, Brazil

(d.8th Nov 1916)

On 6th of November 1914 Harry Lowe joined the Signal Section, Royal Engineers as a Motor Cycle Dispatch Rider, going to France on 30th of September 1915.

In October 1915 he transferred to the Royal Flying Corps as an Air Mechanic, and was under instruction until February 1916, when, as acting corporal, he was awarded the Distinguished Conduct Medal for bravery, unstrapping and saving an unconscious pilot in a crashed burning plane with bombs on board, at that time this ranked next to the Victoria Cross.

On 10th of February 1916 he was commissioned as temporary 2nd Lieutenant in no 45 Squadron. Harry was killed in France while testing new planes. In performance of military duty, being at the time flying in a practice formation flight. A Court of Inquiry was held by OC No 45 Squadron 3rd of March 1917. The plane was found completely wrecked and had suffered engine failure. He is buried at Longuenesse Cemetery, St Omer in France.




238751

Able Sea. James Alfred Lowe

Royal Navy HMS Offa

My grandfather, James Lowe, was posted aboard HMS Offa from 13th July 1916 to 30th November 1918. He had previously served aboard HMS Spitfire from 24th November 1915 to 10th June 1916. This ship was part of the 4th Flotilla and was badly damaged in the Battle of Jutland in a battle collision with the German Boat SMS Nassau on 31st May 1916. HMS Spitfire returned to port where my grandfather was posted to Portsmouth (HMS Victory) and then to HMS Offa in July.




255063

Pte. Joseph Lowe

British Army 4th Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

from:Cudworth

(d.7th Jul 1916)

Joseph Lowe served with 4th King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

Joseph had an older brother, William Lowe, who was also in the K.O.Y.L.I and lived at 69 Bloeinjoulein Street, Cudworth, Yorks. William served more than 3yrs during WW1, being unfit for further active service after the loss of his left hand during combat operations. He died April 1926. Living at Carlton Street, South Kirkby where he resided with his wife and family.Cemetery. William was also a Private and I think in same Battalion, 4th.




300893

Capt. William Douglas Lowe

British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

https:--www.dur.ac.uk-library-asc-collection_information-cldload-?collno=579

Adjutant of the 18th Durham Light Infantry




258484

Pte William Lowe

British Army King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

(d.26th of April 1926)

William Lowe served with King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry in WW1. He died 26th of April 1926.




253865

Cpl. Roy Lower

British Army 11th Btn. Royal Sussex Regiment

from:Seaford, East Sussex

(d.1st Aug 1917)

Roy Lower was a baker living in Eastbourne and joined up in 1914, and very sadly died in Belgium in 1917 aged 25. All it says on his death log is H/blow. His name is on the Menin Gate as there is no known grave. We are extremely proud to be related to him that he laid down his life for us. Sadly we are unable to locate a photograph of him.




209711

Sgt Albert David "Alby" Lowerson VC

Australian Imperial Force 21 battalion

from:Australia




216389

Pte. A Lowery

A. Lowery is commemorated on the Triptych in St. Paul's Church Jarrow.




213247

L/Cpl. Michael Joseph Lowery

British Army 25th Tyneside Irish Northumberland Fusiliers

from:Bowburn, Coxhoe, Durham

(d.1st July 1916)




234813

2nd Lt. Thomas Lowery DCM

British Army 15th Btn. Durham Light Infantry

from:West Stanley, County Durham

(d.3rd August 1917)




221839

Pte. William Matthew Lowery

British Army 1st Battalion Royal Scots Fusiliers

from:Chapeltown, Nr Sheffield, Yorkshire

(d.26th Sep 1917)

William Matthew Lowery, born April 1895 in Chapeltown, Yorkshire to Pherris Lowery and his wife Annie (nee Matthews), served in WW1 as part of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. His occupation was a bricklayer, and he was the only one of his brothers to sign up for war service. He signed the military oath and declaration on the 6th January 1915 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, where he joined the Royal Scots Fusiliers in the 8th Battalion. He was in the Expeditionary Force in France in September 1915, and in the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force in November 1915. He was in hospital in Salonica (Greece) from July 16th 1916 to the 17th July 1917, then being admitted to hospital for Malaria onboard HMHS Braemar Castle (a hospital ship).

He was again in hospital in Malta for Malaria in July 1916, and again for Malaria in a British General Hospital in October 1916. Once again, in March 1917, he was in a British General Hospital and then in the BSGH Oxford Hospital for Malaria, where his stay in hospital lasted 30 days. In May 1917, he was posted to the depot Battalion at Bovington, Dorset (of which Bovington Camp was in charge of the tank corps in 1917). He was then posted as part of the expeditionary force in France on 30th July 1917, where he embarked at Folkstone, and disembarked at L.Logne.

On the 26th September 1917, he was presumed dead after being recorded as missing while with the 1st Battalion of the Royal Scots Fusiliers. He left no will. His name in inscribed on the curved wall of the Tyne Cot Memorial in Zonnebeke, West Flanders, Belgium. It simply reads Lowery W. M. This cemetery is especially for those who were missing in action in Belgian Flanders which covers the area known as the Ypres Salient.

Having never known William myself, I was able to aquire this information from war records. He was my great grandmother's cousin, and I am proud to be able to say that he is a part of my family, no matter how distantly related. Rest In Peace William, and thank you.




1059

Pte. N. Lowes

British Army 11th Btn. Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers

(d.1st Jul 1916)




248967

QMS W. J. Lowings

from:Maidenhead, Berks

(d.19th July 1915)

Quartermaster Lowings was the Son of James and Emma Lowings, of 19, York Rd., Maidenhead, Berks. Born at Bournemouth.

He was 28 and is buried in the Simba Hill Military Grave, Katovu, Uganda Ę’Ć„




231859

Surgn.Lt. Horace Lake Lowis

Royal Navy Camberley Military Hospital

While researching a property in Camberley that may have been used as hospital accommodation during WW1, Red Cross records show there was a Camberley Auxiliary Military Hospital with reports of several large houses in Camberley used as hospital accommodation: Heatherbank which is now a B&B, Fairlanes which has been demolished and Windlesham Moor which was used as a hospital/care home over a long period.

The London Gazette in 1919 & 1920 also identifies the following people as receiving awards in relation to Camberley Military Hospital: Surgeon-Lieutenant Horace Lake Lewis (surgeon in charge) 30th May 1920 and Miss Annette May Hawkins (sister) 6th August 1919




300149

Pte. Frederick Lowley

British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry




257448

L/Cpl Walter Lowman

British Army 8th (Post Office Rifles) Battalion London Regiment

(d.23rd March 1918)




222867

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.




372

Lance Sjt. T. B. Lowrey

Army 8th Btn. Durham Light Infantry




233796

L/Cpl. Kenneth Campbell Lowrie

British Army 1/4th Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers

from:Helensburgh, Scotland

(d.13th Nov 1917)

Kenneth Lowrie was my grandfather's half brother, the son of John and Kate Lowrie of Helensburgh. He enlisted originally with the Highland Light Infantry in Glasgow (service no 31288) The family story is that he was too young to enlist so lied about his age. He was killed in action in Palestine in 1917 and buried in Ramleh War Cemetery, supposedly aged 19. However he was not born at the time of 1901 census, and was therefore aged about 16 when he died.







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