We remember Margaret Lowe

We remember Margaret Lowe

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Timeline

Timeline

1888
birth Morayshire, Scotland United Kingdom Source:6065733 26th January 1888
1917
enlistment Source:6065733 17th March 1917
1917
location 763 Wolsely Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada their own address Source:6065733 27th March 1917
awards British War Medal Other War Service Award Source:6178998
awards Victory Medal Other War Service Award Source:6178998
service Canadian Expeditionary Force Nursing Sister Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital Source:6179007
1918
death Died of wounds Wounded in air attack by Germans of the 1st Canadian General Hospital on 19/5/18. Had a fractured skull and chest penetration. Died from her wounds at 24th British General Hospital,Etaples. Fourth British General Hospital, Etaples France Source:6159570 Source:6178998 Source:6985263 28th May 1918
burial She is buried at the Etaples Military Cemetery in France. Source:6178998

Details

Details

Names
TypeName
First Names Margaret
Initials M
Last Name Lowe
Source 6065733
First Names Margaret
Initials M
Last Name Lowe
Source 6065733
Gender
GenderSource
Female
Locations
AddressCountryTypeDateSource
763 Wolsely Ave., Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada their own address known 27th March 1917
Contribution

Military Service

Military Service
ServiceNumberUnitSectionRankSource
Canadian Expeditionary Force Canadian Army Medical Corps 1st Canadian General Hospital Nursing Sister
Awards
AwardTypeSource
British War Medal Other War Service Award
Victory Medal Other War Service Award
Family
Parents
NameRelationshipDatesSource
Thomas Lowe father
Religion
DateReligionSource
Presbyterian - inc Church of Scotland

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Communities

Communities

Evidence

Evidence

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Official Records

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Canadian Attestation Papers

External Evidence

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CWGC link for Margaret Lowe of the Canadian Army Nursing Service Helen3062
Nursing Sister Margaret Lowe Helen3062
Nursing Sister Margaret Ann Low (Lowe) Helen3062
Hospital Bombed by German Airplanes Gerald24709
West End Dumplings - Manitoba's WW1 fallen Kristen1288
Canadian Virtual War Memorial Lizbet72994
PDF of service records for C.E.F Lizbet72994

Multimedia

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Funeral procession Gerald24709
Her gravestone in Etaples Military Cemetery Gerald24709
Funeral procession Gerald24709
Nursing Sister Margaret Lowe’s funeral Gerald24709
Memorial Gerald24709
Memorial in 1919 Gerald24709
Memorial in 2012 Gerald24709
Portrait photograph of Margaret Lowe Charlotte33
Detail from "Women of the Empire" Memorial Yvonne27542
"Women of the Empire" Memorial in York Minster Yvonne27542
Nurses memorial at the National Memorial Arboretum James201

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