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« on: February 05, 2010, 08:39:00 AM » |
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any informaion no matter how small on this family member tom lowe 20173, served in the above unit 1914 possible 1915, transfered to the yeo cyclists then 5/Cameron highlanders the unit he died with near ypres in 1918. any group photos? when he was with the 7th city battalion? or any family ie possible wife ect. his father was killed on 1-7-16 with the 1/kings own - matthew lowe
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kingo
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2010, 11:04:29 AM » |
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Matthew, He is recorded in the City Battalions Book as 20173 Pte Lawe-22nd Battalion A Company, 3 Platoon. (Click on pictures to enlarge)
He is somewhere on the photo-but we don't know where. Can you spot him ?.
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Wendi
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2010, 02:11:42 PM » |
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Gosh Matthew ! you have some family history for WW1 and kingo seems to have done you proud with the additional info and picture !!! Have you any more on 1/kings own  Wendi  |
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2010, 02:17:55 PM » |
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mack
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« Reply #4 on: February 05, 2010, 08:50:35 PM » |
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thomas was age 22 when he died of wounds,his parents,matthew+emma lived at 8 browning st,beswick. they previously lived at 5 adam st,middlesborough he had 6 brothers and sisters emma born ab1899 james born ab1900 matthew[jnr] born 12-9-02 born 7-12-04 born 13-7-07 winifred born 26-4-12 pte 3051 matthew lowe enlisted 19-8-14 aged 40 1st KORL B.coy 6th platoon occupation,labourer to france 4-12-14 11-8-15 sent to 11th field ambulance with dyspepsia and then to the 4th casualty clearing station at beauval,he was put on the 7th ambulance train to rouen on 14th aug and admitted to the 3rd stationary hospital the same day,he was then sent to the convalescent depot at rouen on 16th aug and then sent to england and admitted to the 2nd western gen hospital manchester on 26-9-15 he was reported wounded and missing,on 1st july 1916 sgt/major thomas lowe,made enquiries to his whereabouts on behalf of his wife,but nothing was known,she later recieved the letters+cards she wrote to him he was the son of matthew+mary,3 raglan st,ancoats formerly served with the 1st manchesters but purchased his discharge mack  |
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matthew lucas
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« Reply #5 on: February 07, 2010, 07:01:15 AM » |
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you guys have ben amazing, many many thanks!
anyone have a better copy of that photo? we do have a photo of tom lowe but its not that easy to pick him out from the group.
we think its matthew lowe's brother tom that was the Sgt maj (a veteran of India and south Africa) but that part of the record is missing we can see Sgt Maj 2/9th....but what regiment?
have visited tom's grae at ypres and his father name at thiepval, as for the family home, it slap bang under the Manchester city's new ground!
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matthew lucas
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« Reply #6 on: February 07, 2010, 07:14:02 AM » |
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matthew lowe had misbehaved himself i notice 28 Field Punishment number 1 amongst others, ah well. to have both a father and son fall must have been unbelievable for my family......
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kingo
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« Reply #7 on: February 07, 2010, 07:23:11 AM » |
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Matthew-I have sent a better quality photo to your Hotmail address.
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matthew lucas
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« Reply #8 on: February 07, 2010, 10:05:01 AM » |
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many thanks, hotmail address ius not in use anymore, could you send to (email removed to stop spam)
greatly appreciated
matthew
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« Reply #9 on: February 07, 2010, 10:12:59 AM » |
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Matthew-photo sent.(I have removed your email address from the forum to stop spammers targeting you. !)
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matthew lucas
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« Reply #10 on: February 07, 2010, 10:44:42 AM » |
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many thanks got it! as to which one he is...well what do you think?, attatched is the only pics we have of tom and his father, thanks to a great aunt in Miles Platting
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« Reply #11 on: February 08, 2010, 04:58:49 AM » |
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many thanks, hotmail address ius not in use anymore, could you send to (email removed to stop spam)
greatly appreciated
matthew
Matthew change the email address in your profile and then you can be reached by the links on the left cheers chris |
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« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2010, 08:18:18 AM » |
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hiya matt. he could be the man in the 3rd row from the front 2nd left,hes tucked in behind the two soldiers mack |
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« Reply #13 on: February 11, 2010, 10:07:48 AM » |
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you never know he is one of the ones i thought it may be, he would be 18 or 19 in the group picture. i will be doing a piece for the WFA magazine on both father and son, and starting to do a talk for this Sept. The father was in the same battalion and missing the same day as the soldier found at serre in 2003, so there is a chance he was found, the names of the missing (91) were read out at the service the following march, and he was one of them......
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Wendi
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« Reply #14 on: February 11, 2010, 11:44:19 AM » |
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Hi Matthew ! I'm glad you have are going to be able to pay such a great tribute to Tom..... I guess nothing more on the 1/kings, no probs just similar era family interest for me  the names of the missing (91) were read out at the service the following march, and he was one of them...... I would like to ask you where this service was held, I can understand if you want to keep the info privy until you have "published" but to know where, perhaps Manchester Cathedral ? would be good to know. Wendi |
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