S. Lowdon 1919

Every Name a Story

S. Lowdon 1919

Rank : Able Seaman

Elswick

Sidney Lowdon

Every Name a Story

In Newcastle (St John Westgate & Elswick) Cemetery is the Commonwealth War Grave of:

S. Lowdon
Able Seaman, R.N. J/40777
H.M.S. Wallace.
27th February 1919, age 20.

Gone but not forgotten.

Sidney Lowdon was born at Newcastle upon Tyne in the first quarter of 1899, the son of John and Sarah (nee Tinlin) of 231 Jefferson Street, Newcastle. Sidney served as a Boy Class I and II between May 1915 and January 1917, before he signed up for 12 years service on 29 January 1917 at Devonport. He died of pneumonia at Royal Naval Hospital, Edinburgh.

Acknowledgements: Ron Carson

Sidney Lowdon is remembered in our List of Ships’ Crews.

First Name: Sidney

Last Name: Lowdon

Service Number: J/40777

Which War: First World War 1914-18

Died: 27/02/1919

Age: 20

Rank: Able Seaman

Regiment: Royal Navy

Unit/Ship: H.M.S. Wallace