Roll of Honour of the 710 men of Hyde who fell in WW1
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Josiah LOWE
Private 15071 Josiah LOWE
11th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Died of Wounds, Sunday 9th July 1916, No.44 Casualty Clearing Station, Puchevillers, France, age 20
| Home address: | 7 Albion Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Born: | 1896, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Parents: | Ellen Lowe and Allen Lowe 7 Albion Street, Hyde, Cheshire |
| Marital status: | Single |
| Occupation: | Leather Dresser |
| Enlisted: | Stalybridge, Lancashire |
| Remembered: | Puchevillers British Cemetery, Somme, France, plot I, row D, grave 12. Hyde Cemetery, Hyde, Cheshire, named on a family gravestone. |
| Link to Hyde: | Born in Hyde |
On British Army WW1 Service Record, his age is given as 19 years and 208 days. Making him almost 2 years older than he actually was in 1914.
In the 1921 Cenotaph Unveiling Booklet his name is given as Josiah Low.