THE BATTLE OF LOOS - 1915 |
To read an account of the Battle of Loos which took place on 25 September 1915 and the part played in this battle by the 8th and 9th Battalions of the Devons, click on the link below: |
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A corner of the Loos Memorial Huge walls covered with names give an immediate impression of the scale of the losses sustained by the Devonshire Regiment at Loos ©Roy Hewitt |
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Captain the Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon was the son of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne of Glamis Castle, Forfarshire, Scotland. He served in the 8th Battalion, the Black Watch who were supporting the Devonshire Regiment at Loos.
He was killed on 27 September 1915 at the age of 26, leaving a widow. He previously served with the 2nd Battalion in India. Fergus Bowes-Lyon was the brother of Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother who, throughout her long life, always marked the anniversary of her brother's death with her own personal tribute (seen in this photo). |
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25 August, 2009
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