A Great War M.C. group of four to Lieutenant A.D.W.Lowe, South Wales Borderers,
Lot 32
A Great War M.C. group of four to Lieutenant A.D.W.Lowe, South Wales Borderers,
Sold for £2,702 (US$ 3,477) inc. premium

For Valour

29 Sep 2010, 10:30 BST

London, Knightsbridge
Lot Details
A Great War M.C. group of four to Lieutenant A.D.W.Lowe, South Wales Borderers,
A Great War M.C. group of four to Lieutenant A.D.W.Lowe, South Wales Borderers,
Military Cross, G.V.R., engraved on reverse (A.D.W.Lowe 2nd W.B. 27th Jan 1917); 1914-15 Star (2.Lieut.A.D.Lowe. S.Wales Bord.); British War and Victory Medal (Lieut.A.D.W.Lowe.); Memorial Plaque (Arthur Denis Worsley Lowe). With Memorial Scroll mounted onto card, and a photograph of him in Other Ranks uniform in silver frame. The plaque lightly polished, otherwise very fine or better. (Lot)

Footnotes

  • M.C. London Gazette 12.3.1917.

    For conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty. When the attack was temporarily held up by machine gun fire, he led his party to this place and successfully bombed the enemy gun team, thus enabling the attack to push on. Later, he himself captured six prisoners.

    Lieutenant Arthur Denis Worsley Lowe was Killed in Action on 4th October 1917. He is commemorated on the Tyne Cot Memorial.
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