| Surname: |
Low |
| Initials/Name: |
George Edmund |
| Country of Service: |
UK |
| Rank: |
Lance Corporal |
| Regiment: |
Northumberland Fusiliers |
| Unit: |
1st/15th Battalion |
| Service No: |
45095 |
| Age: |
32 |
32
| Date of Death |
26/10/1917 |
| How died: |
Killed in Action |
| Awards: |
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| Cemetery: |
Tyne Cot Memorial |
| Country: |
Belgium |
| Grave Reference: |
Panel 19 to 23 |
| Local Memorials: |
Stock and
St. Mary's Buttsbury |
| Address: |
Son of William Henry and Ellen Low, of Stock. Husband of Mary Elizabeth Low, of 7, Leathwaite Rd., Clapham Common, London. |
| CWGC Page: |
Low George |
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(should this link fail, search the
CWGC site) |
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Below from John Westwood |
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| George Edmund Low was
a Lance Corporal with the 1st/5thBattn Northumberland Fusiliers a Territorial
Unit, and had enlisted inChelmsford. He died 26th October 1917, and was 32. At
the time of his death the 1st/5thBattn Northumberland Fusiliers wasinvolved in
the assault around Tourenne Crossing, his body was never found asis
commemorated on the Tyne Cot memorial just outside Ypres. |
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| George was the
son of William and Ellen Low, and livedin Mill Road, Stock. According to the
1901 Census, William was a baker, but hadlost his wife. George had one brother
and five sisters, and at the time Georgewas an under gardener. By the time war
had broken out he was married to MaryElizabeth and lived in Clapham Common,
London. |
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