BORN HULL 1879. SON OF CATHERINE HERON (1848-1894) & JOSEPH LOWSLEY (1845-1923).
HE MARRIED AT ST PETER’S CHURCH, DRYPOOL, HULL, ON 30/07/1898. HUSBAND OF EDITH MATTHEWS (1851-1881). THEY LIVED AT 39 RAIKE STREET, DRYPOOL, HULL. HAD THREE SONS AND A DAUGHTER. EMPLOYED AS A LABOURER.
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 2ND/7TH MANCHESTER REGIMENT. KILLED IN ACTION, ON 27/07/1917, AGED 37. HE IS BURIED IN BELGIUM.
HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, EDITH, WHO MOVED TO 9, JOHNSON BUILDINGS, TREVOR STREET, WITHAM, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
| Name | Joseph Lowsley |
|---|---|
| Birth Place | Hull, Yorkshire, 1879 |
| Death Date | 27 Jul 1917 |
| Death Place | Coxyde Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium |
| Enlistment Place | Hull |
| Rank | Private |
| Regiment | Manchester Regiment |
| Battalion | 2/7th Battalion |
| Regimental Number | 42844 |
| Type of Casualty | Killed in action |
| Family | Son of JOSEPH LOWSLEY, a labourer and his wife CATHERINE (nee HERON).
He married EDITH MATTHEWS in 1898. They had six children, two of which did not survive to adulthood. |
First name:
JOSEPH
Regiment:
Military Number:
42844
Rank:
Private
Date Died
27/07/1917
Place died:
Coxyde Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
Age:
37
