Lot 96
2nd Life Guards
At Sea, On Land & In The Air | M24003
Auction: 24 September 2024 at 18:30 BST
Description
The Queen’s South Africa, Meritorious and Long Service Group of 3 awarded to Quarter Master Corporal Major William Henry Lowman, 2nd Life Guards comprising, Queen’s South Africa Medal, 2nd type, ghost dates, three clasps, Cape Colony Orange Free State, Transvaal, (1583. Cpl Of H: W.H. Lowman. 2/L: Gds:) engraved naming, Long Service and Good Conduct Medal, EDVII, (1583 Sq: Cpl Maj. W.H. Lowman. 2nd Life Gds.), Meritorious Service Medal, GVR, (2982 Q.M. Cpl. Mjr W.H. Lowman. 2/L. Gds), all toned, “Gds” on QSA worn, otherwise fine (3)
Long Service and Good Conduct Medal
Army Order 90 1st of April 1906
Meritorious Service Medal The London Gazette 3rd of June 1919
William Henry Lowman was born in Windsor c. 1867an Assistant School Master aged 22 when he joined the 2nd Life Guards on the 5th of August 1887. He served in South Africa from the 29th of November 1899 to the 5th of October 1900., he was Discharged from the Army on the 4th of August 1908. He received the Army Long Service and Good Conduct Medal in Army Orders 90, 1st of April 1906 and was Recommended for the MSM with Gratuity on the 17th of September 1908, he had served exactly 21 years. He re-enlisted into the 2nd Life Guards on the 1st of September 1914 and served Home from the 1st of September 1914 to the 28th of April 1919, a further 4 years 240 Days Service with The Colours. He was awarded the Meritorious Service Medal in the London Gazette of the 3rd of June 1919. He died on the 21st of September 1942 aged 77 years a “retired Quarter Master Corporal of Horse 2nd Life Guards”.
Sold with 39 pages of copied Service papers
