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Military service
Age:
49
Rank:
Second Engineer Officer
Force:
Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Merchant Navy
Division:
S.S. Vancouver Island (Montreal, Québec) (170160)
Birth:
June 10, 1892
Fence Houses, Durham, England
Death:
October 15, 1941
North Atlantic
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Panel 18.
Additional information
Son of Frederick Lowson and Ann Wilson of Durham, England. Husband of Annie Harriet Ruse of Cullercoats, Northumberland, England. Father of Frederick Neil and Charles Arthur Lowson.
A member of convoy SC-48, the Vancouver Island was torpedoed at 22:49 on 15 October 1941 by U-558 and sank quickly at 11:17 pm West of Ireland, position 53°37'N/25°37'W.
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 177 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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