Son of Richard and Anne Lowther, of 133, Bennett’s Lane, Halliwell, Bolton, Lancashire. Enlisted May 1915. Killed when a shell dropped in his telephone dugout, also wounding a comrade.
Lowther, Robert –
Personal details
- Surname: Lowther
- Forename: Robert
- Date of birth: Not known
- Birth place: Bolton, Lancashire
- Place of residence: Bolton, Lancashire
- Gender: Male
- Age of death: 21
- Place of death: Not known
- Date of death: August 2nd, 1917
- Casualty type: Not known
Service details
- Rank: Gunner
- Unit: "D" Battery, 103rd Brigade.
- Service number: 711672
- Regiment: Royal Field Artillery
- Enlistment date: Not known
- Enlistment location: Bolton, Lancashire
- Conflict: WW1
Decorations
- Service medals: V / BW
- Silver War badge: Not known
- Awards: Not known
Memorials
- Bolton (Victoria Square) War Memorial and Bolton County Borough Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Book (Hall of Remembrance)
- Bolton Artillery (Nelson Square) Memorial - Bolton
- Bolton Roll of Honour 1914-1918 Printed Book (Library / History Centre)
- Smithills Hall Chapel WWI Memorial - Bolton
- CWGC Memorial: Larch Wood (Railway Cutting) Cemetery, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
- CWGC reference: V. B. 1.
Local newspaper entries
- Bolton Journal and Guardian entries: 10/08/1917 07/12/1917
- Bolton Journal and Guardian references: 6c/h* S13*