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Captain The Hon. FERGUS BOWES-LYON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Black Watch (Royal Highlanders)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 September 1915

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

QUARRY CEMETERY, VERMELLES

A. 15.

France

Photo of the special memorial headstone to Captain the Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon (HM The Queen’s uncle) in Quarry Cemetery, Vermelles, France - 2012

Photographer: Unknown

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of 14th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, of Glamis Castle, Forfarshire; husband of Lady Christian Bowes-Lyon (now Lady Christian Martin). Educated at Eton. Previously served with 2nd Bn. in India. (Queen Mother's brother).
  • N.B. This casualty also appears on the Loos memorial, his name will be removed as and when the appropriate panel is next replaced.
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