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Lowe, Herbert Ross, 1874-?
GB-2014-WSA-11406 · Person · 1874-?

Lowe, Herbert Ross, son of Henry William Lowe, of Kensington; b. Aug. 29, 1874; adm. April 27, 1887 (H); left Dec. 1890; abroad, Valparaiso, Chile.

Lowden, John, 1912-1968
GB-2014-WSA-11400 · Person · 1912-1968

Lowden, John, son of John Selby Lowden and Laura Ethel, d. of Henry Wakefield of East Sheen; b. 30 Nov. 1912; adm. Jan. 1927 (H); left July 1930; Tabor Acad. Mass:, USA, 1930-1; 2nd Lieut. Roy. Signals 1941; a radio and TV retailer; m. 11 Mar. 1938 Gladys Violet, d. of George Savage of Middleton-on-Sea, Sussex; d. 4 May 1968.

GB-2014-WSA-11394 · Person · 1913-1998

Low, Harold Philpot, brother of John Philpot Low (qv); b. 1 Feb. 1913; adm. Jan. 1927 (H); left July 1931; The Loyal Regt (TARO) 1939, attd Military Police 1939-45 (Lieut. Col., APM); TD; USA Legion of Merit; dir. Warne Wright & Rowland, screwmakers, Birmingham 1945, later Evers & Wall, Berks; m. 10 Oct. 1936 Audrey Cynthia, d. of William Ernest Falconer MB, med. practitioner, of Twyford, Berks.; d. 3 Dec. 1998.

GB-2014-WSA-11374 · Person · 1907-1958

Louden, James Arnold Hamilton, son of James Louden of Ealing and Annie, d. of Arnold George Cox of New Barnet, Herts; b. 5 June 1907; adm. Sept. 1920 (H); left July 1925; RAF Cranwell 1925, PO July 1927, FO Jan. 1930, Flt Lieut. RCAF Mar. 1935, Sqdn Ldr RAF Feb. 1938, Wing Cdr June 1944, despatches Jan. 1945; Grp Capt. July 1947; OC RAF Uxbridge 1954, retd June 1956; a housemaster Millfield Sch.; m. 23 Dec. 1949 Denise, d. of Francis Turberville of Berwick St John, Dorset; killed in a motoring accident 13 Dec. 1958.

GB-2014-WSA-11351 · Person · 1916-1999

Lonnon, McAlister Pender, son of Arthur Ernest Lonnon, metallurgist, of Selukwe, Rhodesia, and Margaret Christy, d. ofJohn Pender, farmer, of Humbie, E. Lothian; b. 20 Apr. 1916; adm. Sept. 1929 (H); left July 1934; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1934; rowed against Oxford 1935-7, and for Leander at the Berlin Games 1936; pres. CUBC 1936-7; BA 193 7, MA 1961; Cadburv & Sons, chocolate manufacturers, 1937-9; RE 1940-6 (Bde Maj. I Assault Bde), wounded (Hol­land); Lieut. RE (perm. commn) Jan. 1945, Capt. July 1946; attd Kaimakam Sudan Defence Force 1949-53; Maj. Apr. 1952, Lieut.-Col. Jan. 1955; psc; technical staff Australian Armv 1955-7; retd from Armv Nov. 1965; tech. sec. BSI 1965-81; MICE; craft member Guild of Glass Engravers; m. 1st 16 May 1944 Winifred Ida, d. of Ronald Richardson, corn merchant, of Fulford, Yorks; 2nd 18 Jan. 1964 Rosemary Niven MCSP, d. of Alexander Niven, farmer, of East Linton, E. Lothian; d. 28 Jan. 1999.

GB-2014-WSA-11338 · Person · 1891-1970

Longhurst, Henry Birt, son of Henry Bollen Longhurst, of St. Marylebone, barrister-at-law; b. Feb. 7, 1891; adm. Sept. 22, 1904 (H); left Dec. 1908; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1909; joined the Inns of Court O. T. C.; 2nd Lieut. 12th Batt. London Regt. Sept. 16, 1914; resigned on account of ill health; admitted to the Middle Temple Nov. 19, 1910; an actor, Perfect Strangers (1945), The Captain's Paradise (1953) and The Crooked Lady (1932); m. July 3, 1928, Margery Lisle, elder daughter of Arthur E. Leslie; d. 11 Apr. 1970.

GB-2014-WSA-11337 · Person · 1888-1917

Longhurst, Harold George Fairfax, brother of Arthur Lyster Longhurst (q.v.); b. Sept. 7, 1888; adm. Jan. 18, 1900 (H); exhibitioner 1902; left Easter 1907; temp. 2nd Lieut. 6th (Serv.) Batt. Berks Regt. Sept. 12, 1914; Lieut. Nov. 9, 1914; Capt. Nov. 17, 1914; Major May 5, 1917; acting Lieut.-Col.; went out to the western front July 1915, and was wounded in 1916; killed in action at Passchendaele Ridge Oct. 12, 1917; unm.

GB-2014-WSA-11336 · Person · 1875-1955

Longhurst, Frederick William, brother of Arthur Lyster Longhurst (q.v.); b. Dec. 17, 1875; adm. Sept. 27, 1888 (H); left July 1893; Univ. Coll. London 1893; St. George's Hospital; M.R.C.S. and L.R.C.P. 1900; practised in London and at Shalford, Surrey; m. Aug. 3, 1907, Cornelia Chisholm, daughter of the Rev. William Edward Dalton, Vicar of Glynde, Sussex; d. April 18, 1955.

GB-2014-WSA-11335 · Person · 1874-1897

Longhurst, Edward Becher, brother of Arthur Lyster Longhurst (q.v.); b. Feb. 24, 1874; adm. Sept. 22, 1887 (H); left Dec. 1890; R. M.C. Sandhurst 1893; 2nd Lieut. King's Own Yorks Light Infantry Oct. 10, 1894; d. at Nas-i-rabad, India, May 28, 1897.

GB-2014-WSA-11334 · Person · 1872-1952

Longhurst, Arthur Lyster, eldest son of Staff-Surgeon Arthur Edwin Temple Longhurst, M. D., of London, by Sophia Harriet, daughter of Major Septimus Lyster, of Brentwood, Essex; b. April 1, 1872; adm. Sept. 24, 1885 (H); Q.S. 1887; elected to Trin. Coll. Camb. 1891 (adm. sub-sizar Oct. 7, 1891); 2nd Lieut. Border Regt. Sept. 9, 1893; Lieut. Aug. 26, 1896; l. S. C. Feb. 25, 1897; Capt. Sept. 9, 1902; Major Sept. 9, 1911; Brig. Major Nov. 11, 1914; Brevet Lieut.-Col. June 3, 1916; Commandant 2/7th Gurkha Rifles in Palestine June-Sept. 1918; served in Egypt, Aden, and Mesopotamia in Great War I; twice wounded; mentioned in despatches L. G. June 21, July 4, and Oct. 19, 1916; C.B.E. May 30, 1924; Col. 1921; G. S. O. 1, Control Commission, Berlin, 1919-22 and 1923-4; A. A. and Q. M. G. Waziristan Field Force 1922-3; mentioned in despatches; C.B.E. 1924; retired 1924; J. P. Hants 1929; m. Aug. 20, 1900, Madeline, daughter of William Henry Allen, of Westminster; d. Feb. 27, 1952.