W/Cdr Arthur Ernest "Lofty" Lowe . Loft Lowe was the C.O. of 77 Sqd. from Dec 42 to Oct 43.
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Pte. Austin Lowe . British Army 8th Battalion Green Howards from Dene View, Burnhopefield, County Durham
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Pte. Ben Lowe . US Army 667th Field Artillery Battalion Ben Lowe from Maysville Ky. was with the first unit that crossed Rhine river at Remagen. Ge was a forward Observer with 667 Field Artillery Battalion attached to Infantry. He was wounded in action outside of Frankfurt.
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Betty Joan Lowe . Womens Land Army from Barnsley, Yorkshire Betty Joan Lowe was born December 1923 in Barnsley, Yorkshire. She married John Mulart Smith after WW2 and had 3 children Wendy, Martin and Claire.
Betty served in the Land Army in Scarborough, Yorkshire. I have attached a couple of photos you may find interesting, unfortunately she is not around any more. She did come and visit us here in New Zealand under her own steam when she was 86. Despite her advancing dementia, during her visit she told me quite a bit about the Land Army, seems the old memories came to the surface more. She worked on a farm in Scarborough despite her 4ft 11 frame for 3.5 years she said. The two other girls in the photo remain unknown.
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Gp. Capt. Brian Everard Lowe . Royal Air Force 106 Sqdn. (d.18th July 1943) Group Capt Brian Everard Lowe was serving with 106 Squadron at the time of his death on 18th July 1943 in an accident on a gunnery training course. His Wellington III BK235 crashed 1 mile southeast of Appleby when it suffered a wing failure. The crew who died that day were:
Acting Sq.Ldr Philip Brandon-Trye, RAF (buried in Brigg Cemetery).
Group Capt Brian Everard Lowe, RAF (buried in Brigg Cemetery).
Wing Co Alister William Stewart Matheson, RAF (buried in Brigg Cemetery).
W/O John William Heard RAFVR (buried in Brigg Cemetery).
F/Sgt Daniel Breslin DFM, RAFVR (buried in Strabane Cemetery).
Group Capt Reginald Vere Massey Odbert, RAF (buried in Newark-upon-Trent Cemetery).
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Pte Clifford Salisbury Lowe . British Army Royal Army Service Corps from Walsall
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Sgt. David Percival Lowe . British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Norfolk Regiment from North Walsham
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Fireman. Duncan Lowe . Auxiliary Fire Service from Liverpool (d.May 1941) Duncan Lowe was killed on duty with the AFS in Liverpool in May 1941.
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CSM Ernest William Cornelious "Tatty" Lowe . British Army Highland Light Infantry from Islington, London
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F Lowe . British Army Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment F Lowe served with the Duke of Wellingtons West Riding Regiment British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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F Lowe . British Army 1st Dragoons F Lowe served with the 1st Dragoons British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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FS Lowe . British Army FS Lowe served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Harry Patrick Lowe . British Army Royal Corps of Signals Harry Lowe served with the Royal Corps of Signals.
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F/S J. Lowe . Royal Air Force 514 Sqdn.
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Tech 5th grade John "Shorty" Lowe . United States Army from Florida Does anyone remember serving with my father, John Lowe? He died back in 1995. He never spoke much about the war. I would like to know more about his tour of duty.
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Sgt. Jonny William Lowe . Royal Air Force 101 Squadron from Featherstone (d.24th Aug 1943)
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JT Lowe . British Army Royal Armoured Corps JT Lowe served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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KT Lowe . British Army Royal Armoured Corps KT Lowe served with the Royal Armoured Corps British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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L/Cpl. LWR Lowe . British Army 15/19th Hussars L/Cpl.LWR Lowe served with the 15/19th Hussars British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Olive Dorothy Lowe . Woman's Land Army from Scottow, Norfolk I was 16 in 1939, at the start of the war and Coltishall Aerodrome was being built. This consisted of five airfields and a dummy airfield.
Unfortunately, for us, the dummy aerodrome was just down the road from where I was working. One night, we were awakened by our beds shaking and a piercing whistle overhead. Next morning we were shown where ten bombs had rained down.
I used to ring the bells in the local churches but, once war was declared, we were not allowed to do that any more. They were only allowed to be rung as a sign that peace was declared and the war was over.
Everyone was issued with identity cards and ration books. At the back of the books were some clothing coupons.
I was working as a domestic servant, first in Westwick Hall and later for a lady in Sidestrand for a year. I would cycle home to Scottow once a week. A five mile limit along the coast was enforced, meaning that unless you were actually living within that five mile limit you could not pass the barriers set up by the army. The soldiers were always on patrol at these barriers and I would get halted on the way back about five different times after I had been home. It became a habit for me to carry my identity card in my hand on the handlebars.
In 1940 I went home to live, but, by this time, my family had moved to Ashmanhaugh where my father was an ARP Warden, as well as holding down his new job as a farm foreman. I became a children's nanny for a while before becoming a housemaid at Hoveton Hall for a year. By then I was eligible for call-up, when I decided to join the Women's Land Army. The position happened to be at Hoveton Hall! I began in the kitchen gardens at first and later worked on the farm with the horses. Jobs included cutting kale during the winter, threshing, hoeing and pulling and topping sugar beet.
Between 1940 and 1943 the war was in full swing and folk were issued with Morrison Air Raid Shelters. These shelters were the flat steel variety. One Sunday evening we were all getting ready to go for a walk when we heard the sound of gunfire and, coming straight towards us was a hedge-hopping Heinkel with machine guns blazing. We all fell flat and luckily he missed us. I found out afterwards that he had made a hole in the wall of the bedroom I used to sleep in at Hoveton Hall. That night was also the night they tried to bomb Coltishall Aerodrome but the bombs didn't reach their target. Another night we heard a terrible noise of aircraft. The aerodrome at Rackheath had Liberator four-engined bombers there. This particular night a German fighter followed the Liberators home, got amongst them and shot some of them down. It was terrible to watch. Coltishall was a fighter base so they were soon scrambled and shot down the German plane over the sea.
The next real scare we had was on hearing a Doodle Bug. The casing dropped first then the warhead exploded in Coltishall by the river.
I recall one incident when I was on a train. Two nuns got on and when they got up to get off, one alert person noticed their hands and shoes were rather larger than normal for a woman. That person informed the guard and they were apprehended. It turned out they were spies!
This was a critical time for Britain. Our pilots were fighting day and night for their country and freedom. The German bombers were coming over more and more and doing great damage and destruction to our cities.
Several of our local boys were away and quite a few were taken prisoner in Singapore. Some never came back. It was a very cruel war out there. The prisoners were badly tortured.
There were different nationalities all over the place. With Rackheath being an American base, there were plenty of Americans around and they were always popular with some of the girls because they always had plenty of money to spend.
In 1945 VE Day was announced. There were great celebrations everywhere but we still had food and clothing rationing for a very long time after that. At this time I thought it would be a good idea to raise funds for the RAF Benevolent fund as there was to be a "Wings For Victory" week so we had a series of concerts to include "Salute The Soldier" week and also in aid of the Women's Land Army Benevolent Fund. We were all happy with the success of all the concerts.
I had several positions in the next few years and in 1950 I was selected to attend the disbandment parade at Buckingham Palace in front of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother. We had to travel to London and slept in the Clapham South Underground Station for two nights.
The morning of the parade we were taken by coach for breakfast and back to Wellington Barracks for the parade at 11.00 am. We were all marched from there into the Buckingham Palace quadrangle, lined up and waiting for the Queen Mother to appear. She chatted to quite a few girls in the front lines. I was in the second row. After the inspection we were shown round the Royal Mews.
I had completed nine years in the Women's Land Army!
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RJ Lowe . British Army RJ Lowe served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pilot Officer Thomas Bentley Lowe . RCAF 419 Squadron (d.30th March 1944) March 29/30, 1944 - 49 Halifaxes from 419, 427, 428, 431, and 434 squadrons were ordered on an attack of the rail yards at Vaires. The crews were over the target at between 12,000 and 13,000 feet, releasing 470,000 lbs of high explosives. According to reports, this attack took place in a bright moonlight and severe damage was caused. Two ammunition trains blew up with great force.
P/O J. Greenidge RCAF and crew from 419 squadron, flying Halifax II HR-912 coded VR-F, failed to return from this operation.
F/L William Sinclair RAF
P/O Thomas Bentley Lowe RCAF, Registered on the Runnymede Memorial.
P/O V. Lunney RCAF
W/O1 E. Humphreys RCAF
Sgt. M. Wheeler RCAF
P/O E. Surridge RCAF
All were lost.
I hope to get further details in due course.
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William Lowe . British Army 545 Tank Transporter Company Royal Army Service Corps Can anybody please tell me which beach the 545 Tank Transporter Company, Royal Army Service Corps arrived at on D-Day and what direction they took as the weeks unfolded?
My father William Lowe was a driver in the 545 from 1940-1946. He took tanks into N.France travelling through Belgium and eventually ended up in the Olympic Stadium in Berlin. His Service Number was T/293822 and we have many documents from around the 1943 era.
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Sgt. William Francis Owen Lowe . British Army 5th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment from Guernsey Bill Lowe (our dad) joined up along with the Guernsey militia (Territorials) in 1939. He was allocated to the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment. He landed with the Canadians in Normandy at Bernieres sur Mer. His cousin George Lowe also joined up. After the war dad returned home to Guernsey and continued with his trade as a mechanic becoming service manager at Bougourd Bros. We were very proud when, along with other Channel Islanders, he was awarded a citation from the French Department of Basse Normandie. Dad died in 1999, but won't be forgotten. We have visited Bernieres Sur Mer, and also the new Canadian museum and memorial at Juno beach.
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Sgt. Alfred William Nelson Lower . Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve 100 Sqdn. from Ashford (d.20th October 1943) A 100 Sqdn Lancaster, ED555 HW-A, took off from Grimsby at 17.46 on 20th October 1943 for ops to Leipzig, was shot down by a nightfighter and crashed at 22.25hrs at Eelderwolde, 5km NNW of Eelde, Holland (from, BC Losses 1943). The crew were:
Warrant Officer D.G. Storey, Air Gunner
Sergeant L. Cohen, Wireless Operator/Air Gunner
Sergeant P.R. Cowling, Air Bomber
Sergeant C.W. Gibb, Air Gunner
Sergeant G.J. Godseff, Navigator
Sergeant A.W.N. Lower, Flight Engineer
Pilot Officer T.L. Simpson, Pilot
They were laid to rest at Eelde General Cemetery, Gronigen, Netherlands. All were RAFVR with the exception of the Warrant Officer who was RCAF.
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Flt.Sgt. John Lowerson . Royal Air Force 153 Squadron Jack Lowerson served with 153 Squadron.
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Betty Lowery . Auxiliary Territorial Service My mother was in the ATS from 1939 to 1945.
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RSM. Harry Harforth Lowery . British Army 2nd Btn. East Yorks Regiment My Grandad, Harry Harforth Lowery, was stationed with the 1st Battalion in Dalhousie in 1939 where my father was born. He then transferred to the 2nd Battalion and was in France until Dunkirk. Like others he returned in 1944 on D day shortly after on 16th Sept was promoted to RSM. At the end of the war (now the Battalion Quatermaster) he went first to Palestine and then Berlin. Shortly after the Berlin Airlift he was commissioned as Captain Quartermaster or was it Lt Quartermaster?
In the London Gazette 10/1/1950:
"E. York R. Short Serv. Commn.
Lt. (Qr.-Mr.) (War Subs. Capt.) Harry Harforth Lowery (408254) from Special List (ex Ind. Army) Emerg. Commn., to be Capt. (Qr.-Mr.), 23rd Nov. 1949, with seniority 16th Sept. 1947." and London Gazette 3/3/1950:
"E. Yorks R. Short Serv. Commn.
Lt. (Qr.-Mr.) Harry Harforth Lowery (408254) from Special List (ex -Ind. Army) Emerg. Commn., to be Lt. (Qr.-Mr.), 23rd Nov. 1949, with seniority 16th Sept. 1944. (Substituted for the notifn. in Gazette (Supplement) dated 10th Jan. 1950.)"
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J Lowery . British Army J Lowery served with the British Army. I have his unissued dogtags, made in preparation for deployment to the Far East and would love to get them home to his family. I am happy to cover all costs. If you are a family member or can put me in touch with them please get in touch. Update: The Wartime Memories Project is no longer in contact with Dan , his website, facebook page and email have all ceased to function. But if you can add any details about the person listed, please use the add to record link below.
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Pte. John Alfred Lowery . British Army 1st Btn. York and Lancaster Regiment from Rotherham (d.21st January 1944)
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