South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project
The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One |
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Military History |
| Theatre of War | Medals | Commonwealth War Grave or Memorial |
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| Home | British War & Victory Medals | Kinfauns Parish Churchyard, Perthshire |
| Arrived in Theatre | Medal Citation (if app) | SWFHS Area Memorials |
| 21 Mar 1916 in France | ~ | Snitterfield |
| Action, Battle or Other Reason Killed | Date and Place Enlisted | Other War Memorials |
| Killed in a flying accident | 22 Dec 1915 - Commissioned | Christ Church, Oxford |
| Winchester College | ||
| Place of Death | Previous Regiments or Units | Kinfauns Church, Perthshire |
| Scampton, Lincolnshire | 22nd Squadron, RFC | |
| 1st Bn Rifle Brigade |
Military Service History
22 Dec 1915 - Commissioned as 2nd Lieutenant into Rifle Brigade (Gazette) and attached to RFC (Gazette)
01 Jul 1916 - Observer with 22nd Squadron Royal Flying Corps, carried out much photographic work during the Battle of the Somme.
11 Jun 1917 - Obtained Flying Certificate (Click for Certificate - Courtesy Ancestry.com)
4 Jul 1917 - Promoted to Lieutenant (Flying Officer) with senority from 21 Mar 1916 (Gazette) (Gazette 2)
3 Nov 1917 - He was attached to the 81st Squadron at Scampton, Lincolnshire as an Instructor (Gazette)
Circumstances of Death
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Coutenay is listed as being was killed on 3 Nov 1917 in a flying accident. On the day he was flying Avro 504J (pictured below) number B3224, of 81st Squardron at Scampton when he collided in mid-air with Avro 504J B3194 also of 81st Squardron, Scampton which was being flown by Lieutenant Owen Ellis Augustus Allen, R.F.C. of Cambridge and they were both killed. (Information Source - R. Rawsey)
His commanding officer wrote: “He was the best Instructor we had; a very popular officer and a perfect pilot.” He is buried in Kinfauns Church, Perthshire His ashes were, originally, interred in the family vault. In 1926, they were removed and placed in the church wall behind the tablet in his memory, designed by Lorimer and Matthew. |
| Personal & Family History |
| Birth Date/Place | Baptism Date/Place |
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| 4 Apr 1897 at Hollycot, Lasswade, Midlothian | |
| Parents Names | Abode |
| James Gray Flowerdew Lowson and Adelaide Louisa Scott | Snitterfield House, Snitterfield (1906 to 1914) |
| Schools | Colleges |
| Boxgrove Preparatory School, Winchester | Sandhurst Army College |
| Winchester College - 1910 to 1915 | |
| Address History | Employment History |
| 1897 - Hollycot, Lasswade, Midlothian | 1901 - Scholar |
| 1901 - 18 Coates Gardens, Edinburgh | 1911 - Scholar |
| 1911 - Snitterfield House and Winchester College | 1915 - Army Officer |
| 1917 - 18 Coates Gardens, Edinburgh | |
- Before going to Sandhurst Courtenay was offered place at Christ Church, Oxford but the war intervened preventing him taking the place
- Courtenay was a keen horseman and passed the Cavalry School Course at Tidworth, and hunted with the Warwickshire Hounds
- Courtenay's only brother, Denys Colquhoun Flowerdew Lowson who came up to Christ Church was Lord Mayor of London from 1950-51
and was made a Baronet. - Courtenay's father was a paper manufacturer and a Member of the King’s Bodyguard for Scotland
- Our thanks to Christ Church College, Oxford for some of the above information (see link above)
- Out thanks to the Made in Perth website for the photograph