Private
Derbyshire Yeomanry | 1740 | 2/1st Battalion |
Photo courtesy Michael Butler
Biography
John was born in Whatstandwell in 1884, the son of Robert and Maria Lowe. Before the war in 1910 he married Susan Margaret Cupit and lived at Somercotes where he worked for miller and baker J.A. Taylor. He joined the Army, at Somercotes, in February 1914, aged twenty-eight. He was discharged in July 1916 under the Military Services Act 1916. This could possibly be through ill health or “as a member of the regular or reserve forces or of the Territorial Force who are liable for foreign service or who are, in the opinion of the Army Council, not suitable for foreign service”.
Army Pension Record
He attested 17/02/14 at Somercotes, aged 28 years 7 month; a married carter for J A Taylor. His height was 5ft 10½in and next of kin his mother Mrs M Lowe of King Street Alfreton. He was born at Crich.
17/02/14 Attested
05/08/14 Embodied
08/05/15 Attached Home Service
24/05/16 Transferred from Home Service
13/07/16 Discharged; coming under M.S.A./ 1916 (Military Services Act / 1916)
1891: Whatstandwell
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
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Robert | Lowe | Head | 33 | Horse driver | Tansley |
Maria | Lowe | wife | 39 | Ashleyhay | |
James | Lowe | son | 10 | Scholar | Wirksworth |
John | Lowe | son | 6 | Scholar | Whatstandwell |
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1901: Thurlow Booth, Whatstandwell
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Mrs | Lowe | Head (wdw) | 49 | Housemaid | Ashleyhay |
John | Lowe | son | 16 | Stone mason app | Whatstandwell |
Annie | Lowe | daughter | 26 | Wirksworth | |
Elsie | Lowe | daughter | 8 | Whatstandwell | |
Ada | Lowe | g.daughter | 8 | Whatstandwell | |
Samuel | Lowe | g.son | 5 | Whatstandwell | |
Mary M | Lowe | g.daughter | 5 | Thurlow Booth | |
Gertrude | Lowe | g.dau | 2 | Thurlow Booth |
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1911: Thurlow Booth, Whatstandwell
Forename | Surname | Relationship | Age | Occupation | Where born |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
John | Lowe | Head | 27 | General labourer for baker & miller | Whatstandwell |
Susan Margaret | Lowe | wife | 19 | South Wingfield | |
Margaret | Lowe | daughter | 5 month | Alfreton |
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1939 Register: Reservoir Cottage, Mansfiel Road, Sutton in Ashfield
John Lowe b.1 June 1884
; horseman on farm, heavy work
Susan Margaret Lowe b.26
July 1891
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