1914-15 Star (12415 Cpl. C. P. Lowe. Linc: R.)

Killed-in-Action: Lance-Sergeant Claude Philip Lowe, 7th (Service) Battalion Lincolnshire Regiment, is confirmed having been 'Killed-in-Action', on, 30 December 1915, in France, while serving with the British Expeditionary Force

Claude was 'Killed-in-Action' while serving with his battalion on the Ypres Salient in Flanders, Belgium

The memory and supreme self-sacrifice of Lance-Sergeant Claude Philip Lowe, is commemorated in perpetuity by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission on a panel located at the Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial, located in Belgium

Medals verification: The recipient is confirmed entitled to the 1914-15 Star, and the further companion campaign medal vis, British War Medal & Interallied Victory Medal per the respective medal rolls of the Lincolnshire Regimen cited below:

- 1914-15 Star: WO 100/2647
- British War Medal. Silver issue: WO 329/855 (rank shown as Lance Sergeant)
- Interallied Victory Medal: WO 329/855 (rank shown as Lance Sergeant)

Courtesy to the Nottinghamshire County Council, we are proving biographical details drawn mostly from their website:

Claude Phillip Lowe was born in 1893 the son of Alexander Lowe a plate layer’s clerk and Jesse May Lowe (née Sayer ) of 4 Alma Terrace, Sherwood Rise Nottingham. His father was born in 1862 in Nottingham his mother in 1872 at Norwich. Married 26th October 1892 at St John the Evangelist Church, in Leeds. They had a further son Alexander Charles born 1897 in Nottingham. Claude’s father died on 12th May 1904 at Radcliffe on Trent whilst his mother died on 3rd January 1911 in Nottingham

Claude married Ethel May Holland in 1911 at Nottingham and they lived at 56 Trueman Street, Nottingham. They had two children Alexander Bernard Lowe born 1911 Nottingham and Jessie May b.1913 Nottingham. In 1911 they lived at 27 Talbot Street, Nottingham a boarding house run by William and Fanny Rippington. Claude's effects of £6,286 16/9d - a considerable estate for the period - were left to his wife Ethel May (Probate with will at Nottingham in 1916

Claude Philip Lowe is recorded as having enlisted in the British Army at, Sutton-on-Sea in Lincolnshire, England, prior to which he had been residing in Brighton, Sussex. England

The recipient's son's medals - a senior Warrant Officer of the Royal Lincolnshire Regiment - are offered separately on the website

Condition: VF

Code: 22853