Lieutenant Margaret Ann Low (Lowe)
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Low (Lowe),
Margaret Ann
Date of birth: 1886-01-26
Place of birth: Morayshire, Scotland
Next of kin: Thomas Low, father. Binscarth, Manitoba
Marital status: single
Occupation (attested): Professional Nurse
Occupation (normalized): Professional Nurse, General
Address:
763 Wolsely Avenue, Winnipeg, Manitoba
Gender: female
Religion: Presbyterian
Date of death:
1918-05-28
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Etaples Military Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France, XXVIII. M. 9.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Rank detail
- Lieutenant, highest (Army).
- Lieutenant (Army). 1917-03-27 ?
Enlistment method: volunteered
Date enlisted: 1917-03-27
Location enlisted: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Wounded May 21, 1918, Died of wounds to the chest from German air raid at Etaples
Commemoration location: War Memorial at Binscarth, Manitoba, and Memorial Plaque at Queen’s Park, Toronto, Ontario
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 497437
LAC ID:
540793
Service file: B5768-S043
Uploader's Notes:
Name at birth was Margaret Low (not Lowe). Attestation papers signed 'Lowe'.
She was born 26/01/1886 at 47 Granary St., Burghead, Moray, f. Thomas LOW(salmon fisher), m. Christina nee Chisholm, married September 4, 1874 at Kinloss.
See Scot. Genea. B1886 131 18.
Daughter of Thomas Low of Binscarth, Manitoba. Father - Thomas (salmon fisher). Mother - Christina nee Chisholm.
Uploader's Research notes:
There is a photo collection for Margaret Low at the Canadian Virtual Memorial at this link, including photographs of her funeral, a memorial plaque in her honour in Toronto, and images of the Binscarth Manitoba War Memorial.
There is another link to an LAC archive photo of her funeral at
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lac-bac/4056218734/sizes/o/in/photostream/
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2021-04-01