Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Family group:

Three: Sergeant J. H. Lowe, 1st Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action at Gheluvelt on 31 October 1914
1914 Star, with copy clasp (8159 Sjt. J. H. Lowe. S. Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medals (8159 Sjt. J. H. Lowe S. Wales Bord.) good very fine

Pair: Private E. Lowe, Northumberland Fusiliers, later Labour Corps
British War and Victory Medals (50302 Pte. E. Lowe. North’d Fus.) good very fine (5) £240-£280

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The Barry Hobbs Collection of Great War Medals.

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James Harling Lowe was born in 1884 at Norton, Derbyshire and attested for the South Wales Borderers in 1903. He served with the 1st Battalion during the Great War on the Western Front from 13 August 1914 in the rank of Sergeant, and was recorded as missing presumed dead following the fighting by the battalion around Gheluvelt Châteaux on 31 October 1914. He was the son of Thomas and Maria Lowe of Rectory Villa, Low Edges, Norton, Sheffield and, having no known grave, is commemorated on the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, Belgium.

Edward Lowe, younger brother of the above, was born in 1887 at Sheffield, Yorkshire and served during the Great War in the Northumberland Fusiliers, later transferring to the Labour Corps.