WW1 Casualty: Private 21551 Frederick Charles Lowe - Private 21551 Frederick Charles Lowe
| Unit/Regiment |
19th Bn, King's (Liverpool Regiment) |
| Date of Death |
30/07/1916 |
Age at Death |
22 |
Burial/Memorial
& Reference |
Thiepval Memorial
Pier and Face 1D 8B and 8C |
| CWGC Family Details (if shown) |
Son of the late William and Alice Lowe. A student of Liverpool University. B.Sc. |
| Census Details |
1901 Census -
Frederick, aged 7, lived at 40 Spindle Hillock, Ashton-in-Makerfield. His parents were William (50) and Alice (48) and his siblings are shown as Arthur (27), William (20), Beatrice (15), Harold (12), Hetty (10) and Edith (5).
Liverpool Next of Kin Rolls, dated 1914, show Frederick's NoK as his father, William Lowe, of Garswood View, North Ashton, nr. Wigan |
| Birth/Marriage/Death Registrations |
Birth registered Q4/1893, Wigan, 8c, 178 |
| SDGW - Where Born |
Ashton-in-Makerfield, Lancs |
| Enlisted |
Liverpool |
| Resided |
Prescot, Lancs |
| How Died |
Killed in Action |
Theatre of War |
France & Flanders |
| Research Ref. No. |
P184 |
Service DetailsThe 19th Battalion had been formed on 29th August 1914 in Liverpool by Lord Derby.
Several battalions of the King's (Liverpool) Regiment were involved in the first attack on Guillemont in the Somme campaign in the summer of 1916. This attack took place on the 23rd July but failed. Another attempt was ordered for the 24th, but was then cancelled for a further 48 hours as the French troops involved had not moved up in readiness. Attacks planned for 26th and 28th were also postponed for the same reason, but the next attack was ordered to take place on 30th July.
The 89th Brigade included the 17th, 19th and 20th Battalions of the King's. For the assault on Guillemont, the 20th were to attack on the right and the 19th on the left. The 17th were to be in support in the trenches running from Trones Wood, with the Bedfordshire Regiment in overall support.
Zero hour was 4.45 a.m. on 30th July 1916.
The actions of the 19th were not recorded in detail in any detail. The Battalion Diary simply states 'The battalion reached its objective, but suffered heavy losses and had to evacuate its position owing to no reinforcements. At 12 noon, the roll call was 7 officers and 43 men'.
The diary of the 89th Brigade, however, adds a little detail to this. 'It is now known that the two left companies of the 19th under Capt. Dodd and Capt. Nicholson, advanced in touch with the 2nd Royal Scots Fusiliers on their left, and in good waves, and although they suffered many casualties from oblique machine-gun fire, did not encounter many Germans and reached their final objective at about the time allotted, beginning at once to dig in south of the orchard on the south east corner of Guillemont'.
On the left of the 19th, the Scots Fusiliers most gallantly forced their way through Guillemont to the eastern side of the village, but they were overwhelmed by the enemy and few returned. At 8 a.m., therefore, finding that the village was not held, the two left companies of the 19th King's were forced to retire as their position was untenable.
The total casualties for the 19th Battalion was 11 officers and 435 other ranks killed, wounded or missing. Amongst those killed was Private Lowe. His body was never identified and he is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
Frederick Lowe's Medal Index Card
Frederick Lowe's inscription on the Thiepval Memorial
Picture taken Monday 21/02/2011
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