11th Battalion, Loyal North Lancashire Regiment (British Army)
Date Of Birth:
18/09/1894
Died:
09/04/1916 (Killed in Action)
Age:
21
Summary
Edward Lowry Tottenham was a son of Lowry Cliffe Loftus Tottenham and Isabella Ogle Tottenham. Edward was born in Roscommon on 18th September 1894. His father Lowry Cliffe Loftus Tottenham was a former Royal Irish Constabulary district inspector who retired to Moy. Edward Lowry Tottenham was studying at that Royal Dick Veterinary School in Edinburgh and initially enlisted in the Army Veterinary Corps. Edward Tottenham won a Military Cross. Second Lieutenant Edward Lowry Tottenham was serving with the 11th Battalion of the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment when he was killed in action in Mesopotamia on 9th April 1916. He was 21 years old.
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