Birth: October-December 1888 Newhaven, Sussex, UK
Father: John Lower (Lomer) 1850-1921
Mother: Mary Ann (Allen) Scammell 1857-1919
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: Believed not married
Death: 30 June 1917 Pas de Calais, France
Burial: XIX. B. 25 Loos British Cemetery, Loos-en-Gohelle, Pas de Calais, France
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Birth of Niel (sic - on the typed original) Eustace Lower in FreeBMD in October-December 1888 in Lewes (2b 202) which included Newhaven.
In the 1891 census as Mel C (sic - in the index, Niel E on the original) Lower aged 2, born in Newhaven, Sussex, and living with his parents (John and Mary A), two brothers (Frank B and John W), and sister (Ethel M) in four rooms at 16 Railway Road, Newhaven, Sussex.
In the 1901 census as Rich (sic - in the index Neil on the orginal) E Lower aged 12, born in Newhaven, Sussex, and living with his married mother (Mary A) and three brothers (John W, Frank B and Harold) in four rooms at 16 Railway Road, Newhaven, Sussex. I cannot find an entry for his father.
In the 1911 census as Neil Eustace Lower aged 22, and living with John and Mary Ann (parents?), Harold and John William (brothers?) in Newhaven, Sussex.
Entry in Ancestry Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914-1919 for Neil Eustace Lower T/2/Lieutenantin Machine Gun Corps 9th Battalion killed in action on 30 June 1917.
Entry in Ancestry British Army WWI Medal Rolls Index Cards, 1914-1920 Record for Neil Eustace Lower granted temporary rank of Leut on 26 August 1914 for service in East Africa, killed in action 30 June 1917, awarded Victory and British medals and 1915 Star. An address is given of 53 Hartley Road, West Croydon.
Entry in the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for Neil Eustace Lower, a Lieutenant in Machine Gun Corps (Infantry) 9th Battalion, aged 29, son of John and Mary A. Lower, of Newhaven, Sussex killed on 30 June 1917 and buried at XIX. B. 25 Loos British Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
Entry in Ancestry England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations),1861-1941 for Neil Eustace Lower in 1917.
There is an entry in Ancestry Public Member Trees for Niel C Lower born in 1889 in Newhaven, Sussex, parents John and Mary A Lower.
Niel Eustace Lower was the fourth cousin once removed of Cyril Larby, my second cousin once removed.
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