G/9315 Pte Gustav Alfred Lauritz Lowe, 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers

G/9315 Pte Gustav Alfred Lauritz Lowe, who was born in Gothenburg, Sweden, was killed in action at Gallipoli on this day - 26th July - in 1915. Soldiers Died in The Great War (SDGW)notes his unit as the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers (City of London Regiment), which is incorrect. This was a Territorial Force battalion of the London Regiment, affiliated to the Royal Fusiliers. The regiment Gustav was serving with was the Royal Fusiliers and his number indicates that he joined the regiment in November 1914.

SDGW records that he was living in Poplar, London when he enlisted (also at Poplar). The Commonwealth War Graves Commission adds nothing more substantial, only to record that Gustav is one of nearly 21,000 men named on the Helles Memorial. His medal index card records his first name as Gustaf and indicates that he arrived on the Gallipoli Peninsular on 16th June 1915.

Gustav was the only 2nd RF fatal casualty on the 26th July 1915 and, according to SDGW, one of only two Other Rank natives of Gothenburg, to die in the service of His Majesty's Army between 1914 and 1919.

At the going down of the sun, and in the morning, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM.

Sources:

Ancestry.co.uk (MIC)
Army Service Numbers 1881-1918
Commonwealth War Graves Commission
Soldiers Died in the Great War