Belloc-Lowndes, Frederic Charles Louis Arthur, 1898-1948
- GB-2014-WSA-03010
- Person
- 1898-1948
Belloc-Lowndes, Frederic Charles Louis Arthur, only son of Frederic Sawrey Archibald Lowndes, of Westminster, on the editorial staff of The Times, by Marie Adelaide Julia Elizabeth Renee (the novelist), daughter of Louis Swanton Belloc, of St. Cloud, France; b. Jan. 2, 1898; adm. May 4, 1911 (R); left Dec. 1914; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1915; 2nd Lieut. 3rd (Res.) Batt. Oxford and Bucks Light Infantry April 7, 1916, attached 2nd Batt. Sept. 8, 1916; served in France 1916-8, where he was twice wounded, and with the 1st Batt. in North Russia 1919; M.C. Feb. 13, 1917; assumed the additional surname of Belloc Sept. 8, 1925; served in Great War II as Lieut. Pioneer Corps; resigned for ill-health Oct. 30, 1941; m. Oct. 22, 1925, Lily Mary, only daughter of Antoine Pescatore, of Rue Dautzenberg, Brussels; d. July 8, 1948.