Died 8 June 1905 Rank Lieutenant-general | Award Order of the Bath | |
Battles/wars Crimean WarFenian raids Awards Companion of the Order of the Bath | ||
Lieutenant-General Robert William Lowry CB (20 March 1824 - 8 June 1905) was a British Army officer who became colonel of the Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's).
Military career
Educated in Dungannon and Belfast, Lowry was commissioned into the 47th (Lancashire) Regiment of Foot and served with his regiment in the Crimean War in Winter 1854 and then in Malta in January 1857. He commanded field forces in the Fenian raids in 1866. He became colonel of the Royal Berkshire Regiment (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) in 1894 and died in 1905.
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