The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Pte C E Lowe

Private Charles Edward LOWE, 7917, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment.

Born Clerkenwell, London, Middlesex, enlisted 20th October 1904, London, age 19, height 5ft 4 inches, weight 112lbs, resided 74 Porthcawl Road, Lower Sydenham, Kent / 52 Dillwyn Road, Lower Sydenham / 7 Church Villas, Larkbere Road, Lower Sydenham, SE26. Formerly labourer.

Previously served from 30th September 1902, with Royal West Kent Regiment, Militia, 4485.

Son of Thomas Lowe, 74 Porthcawl Road, Lower Sydenham, Kent. Brothers, Thomas George Lowe & Albert John Lowe, 74 Porthcawl Road, Lower Sydenham, Kent.

Husband of Lucy Mary Lowe, (nee Perigo, spinster, laundress), age 19, married 7th March 1905, Lewisham. Both minors, married with the consent of Thomas Lowe & Thomas William Perigo.

Home, 20th October 1904 to 3rd November 1905; China, 4th November 1905 to 29th January 1907; Home, 30th January 1907 to 13th August 1914; BEF, 14th August 1914 to 27th November 1914; Home, 28th November 1914 to 30th June 1915.

20th October 1904, enlisted & posted Depot, Royal West Kent Regiment; 1st June 1905, posted Provisional Battalion; 4th November 1905, posted 2nd Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 29th January 1907, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 19th October 1907, transferred to Army Reserve; 5th August 1914, mobilized; 6th August 1914, posted 1st Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 27th November 1914, wounded.

30th June 1915, discharged as "no longer physically fit for War Service" due to wounds. Silver War Badge issued.

This page was last updated on 27-Jul-2014.