Low John Maj 73172 - Revision history

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 |Task or role=Adjutant 2/3/1941.  D Company - Company Commander.
 |Promotions=W/S Lieutenant 26/8/1940.  Acting Captain 2/3/1941 to 1/6/1941.  Captain 2/6/1941.  Acting Major.
-|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.  Interred initially at Rauray - Map 7F/1 reference 889.656 alongside other Battalion and Brigade casualties.  Re-buried 30/4/1945 in Grave IV. D. 4. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  No inscription on his headstone.
+|Wounded=Not so far as is known.
-|Home address=Resident of Sussex.  Son of Maj and Mrs H F Low, Lavant, Sussex.
+|Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Image Name=Low_J_11_DLI.JPG
 |Image Title=Major J Low's CWGC headstone.

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 |Army number=73172
 |Rank=Major
 |Date of birth=Born Sussex 7/10/1917.
 |Age=26 at the time of his death.

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		+	We are grateful to Paul Errington for a more recent photograph of Major Low's headstone taken during a visit to Normandy in 2019. This is shown below.
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		+	[[File:Major_J_Low.jpg\|400px\|thumb\|centre\|CWGC Headstone with accompanying photograph of Major Low]]

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 |Surname and forenames=Low John
 |Army number=73172
-|Rank=Maj
+|Rank=Major
 |Date of birth=Born Sussex 7/10/1917.
 |Age=26 at the time of his death.
 |Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - commissioned as a 2nd Lt 26/8/1937.  Posted 1st Bn DLI until 11/10/1939.  Posted No 4 ITC.  Posted HQ 42nd Div 22/10/1939.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 15/10/1941.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
 |Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43.
-|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, D.
+|Company/Battery=Bn HQ, 11th Battalion - D Company.
-|Task or role=Adjutant 2/3/1941.  Company Commander.
+|Task or role=Adjutant 2/3/1941.  D Company - Company Commander.
 |Promotions=W/S Lieutenant 26/8/1940.  Acting Captain 2/3/1941 to 1/6/1941.  Captain 2/6/1941.  Acting Major.
-|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.
+|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.  Interred initially at Rauray - Map 7F/1 reference 889.656 alongside other Battalion and Brigade casualties.  Re-buried 30/4/1945 in Grave IV. D. 4. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.  No inscription on his headstone.
-|Home address=Resident of Sussex.  Son of Maj and Mrs H F Low, Lavant, Sussex.  Buried Grave IV. D. 4. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
+|Home address=Resident of Sussex.  Son of Maj and Mrs H F Low, Lavant, Sussex.
 |Image Name=Low_J_11_DLI.JPG
 |Image Title=Major J Low's CWGC headstone.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}

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 |Army number=73172
 |Rank=Maj
-|Date of birth=Born Sussex 1917/18.
+|Date of birth=Born Sussex 7/10/1917.
-|Age=26
+|Age=26 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry. Commissioned as a 2nd Lt.  Posted 1st Bn DLI until 11/10/1939.  Posted No 4 ITC.  Posted HQ 42nd Div 22/10/1939.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 15/10/1941.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry - commissioned as a 2nd Lt 26/8/1937.  Posted 1st Bn DLI until 11/10/1939.  Posted No 4 ITC.  Posted HQ 42nd Div 22/10/1939.  Posted 14th Bn DLI 15/10/1941.  Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943.  Served Normandy.  KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
 |Joined Brigade=05-Dec-43.
 |Company/Battery=Bn HQ, D.
-|Task or role=Adjutant, Company Commander.
+|Task or role=Adjutant 2/3/1941.  Company Commander.
-|Promotions=W/S Lieutenant 26/8/1940, A/Major.
+|Promotions=W/S Lieutenant 26/8/1940.  Acting Captain 2/3/1941 to 1/6/1941.  Captain 2/6/1941.  Acting Major.
 |Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44.
 |Home address=Resident of Sussex.  Son of Maj and Mrs H F Low, Lavant, Sussex.  Buried Grave IV. D. 4. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.

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 |Army number=73172
 |Rank=Maj
 |Age=26
-|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Posted 1st Bn DLI until 11/10/1939, Posted No 4 ITC, Posted HQ 42nd Div 22/10/1939, Posted 14th Bn DLI 15/10/1941, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
+|Unit=Joined The Durham Light Infantry. Posted 1st Bn DLI until 11/10/1939, Posted No 4 ITC, Posted HQ 42nd Div 22/10/1939, Posted 14th Bn DLI 15/10/1941, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
 |Company/Battery=Bn HQ, D,
 |Task or role=Adjutant, Coy Cdr

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 |Rank=Maj
 |Age=26
-|Unit=11 DLI
+|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Posted 1st Bn DLI until 11/10/1939, Posted No 4 ITC, Posted HQ 42nd Div 22/10/1939, Posted 14th Bn DLI 15/10/1941, Posted 11th Bn DLI 5/12/1943, KILLED in ACTION with 11th Bn Durham Light Infantry 27/6/1944.
-|Died/Killed in action=27/6/1944 00:00:00
+|Died/Killed in action=27-Jun-44
-|Home address=Son of Maj and Mrs H F Low, Lavant, Sussex.
+|Home address=Son of Maj and Mrs H F Low, Lavant, Sussex.  Buried Grave IV. D. 4. Fontenay-le-Pesnel War Cemetery, Tessel.
 |Source table=11DLI
 }}