William Lowbridge
- Family History
- Military history
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He was the son of John and E Lowbridge of Bridge Street, Pilsley, Chesterfield.
He was the husband of Clara Elizabeth Lowbridge and the Father of Harry, Arthur and Ellen Lowbridge.
In 1911 they lived at 6. Wood Street, Holmewood, Chesterfield.
Listed as wounded four times :
War Office Daily Casualty List issued from April and May 1915 whist serving with the 1st Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment.
Admitted with a gunshot wound and transferred to sick convoyon the 2nd July 1916 whilst serving with the 8th (Service) Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment.
Wounded again onon a War Office Daily Casualty List dated : 2nd August 1916.
Wounded again on War Office Daily Casualty List number : 5367 dated 18th September 1917 whilst serving with the 6th Battalion, York & Lancaster Regiment.
He was entitled to wear 4 wound stripes.
Died : 28th November 1917, aged 30 years (CWGC), aged 31 years (Family Memorial)..
Commemorated on the Sutton In Ashfield War Memorial, at the junction of Mansfield Road and Downing Street, Sutton In Ashfield, Nottinghamshire as : W. Lowbridge.
Buried : St. Patrick's Cemetery, Loos.
Grave Reference : Plot : 11 Row : B Grave : 12.
The Personal Inscription on the Family Memorial reads : "In loving Memory of John Lowbridge, died Nov. 15th 1918, aged 29 years, also his Brothers George, died Feb. 21st 1915,aged31 years, William, Killed In Action in France, Nov. 28th 1917, aged 31 years".
Photo of William Lowbridge
Photgraph of a Family Memorial to Private, William Lowbridge in the St. Mary The Virgin Churchyard, Pilsley, Derbyshire by Gary Crosby on the 10th September 2022.