Company Serjeant Major 18881 Henry Lowe
Regiment/Unit: King's (Liverpool Regiment) - 12th Bn.
Theatre of War: France & Flanders
Theatre of War First Served: (1) France
Date Entered Therein: 24/07/1915
Age at death: 24
Date of death: 18th of August 1917
(Saturday)
Born: Upholland, Lancashire
Resided: Blackpool, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Tyne Cot Memorial - Panel 31 to 34 and 162 and 162A and 163A.
Family details:
Next of kin from service records:
Mrs Elizabeth Pennington, 34 Kings Moss, Crank, St Helens, Lancashire.
N.O.K from service records:
Mr William Lowe (father), Crawford Village, Upholland.
Census details:
1901 - Sees 8 years old William Henry living at 61 Crawford Village, Upholland with widowed father William Lowe (47) and four siblings: James Lowe (14), Elizabeth Lowe (12), Doris Lowe (4), John Lowe (1).
1911 - Sees 18 years old 'Blacksmiths Striker' William Henry, widowed father William Lowe (57) and siblings Doris Lowe (14), John Lowe (11) living at 68 Crawford Village, Upholland, Nr Wigan with widowed grandmother Elizabeth Lowe (85).
Notes:
[url=lmem.php?lmem=39]Remembered On The St. Aidan's C of E Church Memorial[/url]
Census information shows that Henry Lowe's real name was [b]William Henry Lowe[/b]
The William was possibly dropped because his fathers forename was also William.
[pic]imgs/WW1_memorials/LoweH_KLR.jpg[/pic][caption]The panel on the Tyne Cot Memorial bearing the inscription for CSM Henry Lowe
(Photograph courtesy of Ste M.)[/caption]
SHROH ref. 3377