Orders, Decorations, Medals and Militaria

Pair: Lieutenant A. Lowe, Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers, who was killed in action at Armentieres on 24 November 1917

British War and Victory Medals (Lieut. A. Lowe), together with named bestowal slip issued to his mother, Mrs. M. Lowe; Memorial Plaque (Alexander Lowe) very fine (3) £120-£160

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, A Collection of Medals to the South Wales Borderers.

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Alexander Lowe was born in Brynmawr, Brecon on 19 March 1897. Educated at Monmouth School, he attested into the Brecknockshire Battalion, South Wales Borderers in August 1915, and served during the Great War on the Western Front, attached to the 10th Battalion, from 1 July 1917. He was killed in action at Armentieres on 24 November 1917 and is buried in the Cite Bonjean Military Cemetery, Armentieres, France.

Sold with copied research and copied extract from the Marquis de Ruvigny’s Roll of Honour 1914-19.