Auction Catalogue

13 January 2021

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№ 304

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13 January 2021

Hammer Price:
£100

Three: Sergeant C. E. Lowe, 2/1st (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers (T.F.), who was awarded the M.M. for his gallantry on the Western Front in 1916, and subsequently killed in action on the Western Front, 20 September 1916

1914-15 Star (1481 L. Cpl. C. E. Lowe. R.E.); British War and Victory Medals (1481 Sjt. C. E. Lowe. R.E.) minor edge bruising, otherwise very fine or better (3) £80-£120

M.M. London Gazette 21 September 1916.

Charles E. Lowe was the son of Mr and Mrs G. Lowe of 70 The Street, Stratton St. Margaret, Swindon. He served during the Great War with the 2/1st (West Riding) Field Company, Royal Engineers (T.F.) in the French theatre of war from 21 June 1915. Lowe advanced to Sergeant, and was killed in action on the Western Front, 20 September 1916. Sergeant Lowe is buried in the Bouzincourt Communal Cemetery Extension, Somme, France.