Lowthian Thomas William Pte 4451897
Personnel Entry
Name Lowthian Thomas William
Army number 4451897
Rank Private.
Decorations None known beyond Service Awards.
Date of birth Born 17/10/1911.
Age At the time of his death. 61 years old.
Unit Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, no enlistment date as yet, but his number implies earlier than 1939. Posted to the ? 9th Battalion. Posted to the ? 12th Battalion DLI 1/9/1939. Transferred to the Black Watch 1/2/1940, and posted to the 1st Tyneside Scottish. Served in Northern France with the B.E.F. Taken Prisoner of War 20/5/1940 at Ficheux. Repatriated to the UK. Posted ? Battalion Black Watch. Demobilised. Relegated to the Class Z Army Reserve 3/2/46.
Company/Battery HQ Company.
Platoon or other sub-unit Not yet known.
Task or role Not known but probably Rifleman.
Joined Brigade 1/9/1939.
Promotions None known.
Wounded Not yet known.
Prisoner of War Yes - Stalag VIIIB, Stalag XX1B Schubin and Camp 344 Lamsdorf, PoW Number 3781.
Died/Killed in action Date of death April 1973 aged 61.
Home address 5, Davidson St. Gateshead. Married Ethel Graham October 1948 in Gateshead.
Source table 1TS