Every Name a Story

W. Lowerson 1917
Rank : Private

Woodstone Village

William  Lowerson

Every Name a Story

On the Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium is the name of 33589 Private William Lowerson, serving with the 8th Battalion  Yorkshire Regiment who died 22/09/1917.

David Sloan has provided the following:

William was born c1894 at Rainton.

Mark’s father Gilbert remarried Frances Edith Oliver. The 1911 Census shows Primrose Terrace (Primrose Hill) New Lambton
Gilbert Lowerson 47 born Rainton Miner; Frances Lowerson 46 born Medomsley; Mark Lowerson 13 born Lumley son Miner; Thomas Oliver 17 born Medomsley stepson Miner; William Lowerson 16 born Lumley son Miner; Arthur Bowes Oliver 15 born Medomsley stepson Miner; Norman Lowerson 14 born Lumley son Miner; Thomas H Lowerson 11 born Lumley son; Clifford Oliver 9 born Medomsley stepson; Beatrice Mary Oliver 11 born Medomsley step daughter; Dorothy Lowerson 8 born Lumley daughter; Barbara Lowerson 7 born Lumley daughter; Barbara Curry 15 born Lumley niece.

William worked at Lumley 6th Pit.

His brother Mark and step brother Thomas Oliver were also killed.

William Lowerson is remembered at Burnmoor on B154.01 and at Woodstone Village on W134.01

First Name: William

Last Name: Lowerson

Service Number: 33589

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 22/09/1917

Age: 23

Rank: Private

Regiment: Yorkshire Regiment

Served in: Army

Unit/Ship: 8th Battalion

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