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Name:

Alfred Holmes LOWDON

Casualty No.:

Ranks:

Private

Initials:

A H

Service No.:

37097

Date of Birth :

Place of Birth :

Winlaton, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Age at Death:

Unit:

1st Bn Durham Light Infantry.

Former Unit(s):

Place Enlisted:

South Shields, Co. Durham.

Place of Residence:

Crawcrook, Ryton on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Home Address:

Previous Address:

Civilian Employment:

Barman at the Station Hotel, Blaydon, and at the Fox and Hounds Inn, Crawcrook.

How Died:

Date of Death:

Tuesday 16th October 1917

Place of Death:

Battle/Campaign:

Locally Commemorated:

UK Commemorated:

Blaydon War Memorial, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham. St Cuthbert's Church, Blaydon on Tyne, Co. Durham.

Overseas Commemorated:

Karachi 1914-1918 War Memorial, Pakistan.

Buried:

Pakistan

Decoration and Medals:

Photographs:

Service Records:

Death Notice/Obituary:

Blaydon Courier, page 8, 27th October 1917.

Family Details:

Husband of Kate Lowdon of 2 Elliott Street, West Hartlepool, Co. Durham, late of Blaydon on Tyne and Crawcrook, Co. Durham.

Notes :

Alfred's grave is one of those that, because of its location, it is impossible to maintain. He is therefore commemorated on a war memorial.

Sources Used:

Commonwealth War Graves Commission Debt of Honour Register. Soldiers Died in the Great War.

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