10.5287/BODLEIANJSLJ.2
First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University Of Oxford
University Of Oxford
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Letter sent on the death of Private William Lowe (1)
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
WdUzzgyu173637
2011-12-05 12:42:42.630395
2011-12-05 12:42:43.299076
2011
gwa-7875
Leaf
Letter sent to the mother of Private William Lowe of the 13th East Yorks by the Roman Catholic Chaplain of the 30th Casualty Clearing Station of the British Expeditionary Force, breaking the news of his death. The letter says that Lowe was brought into the Casualty Clearing Station badly wounded, and that "His case was quite hopeless; but I am pleased to say he did not appear to be in any great pain." The Chaplain then describes administering absolution and the last rites to Lowe, and says that he will be buried in the British Military Cemetery at Aubigny in Artois. Part of a collection relating to William Lowe.