Captain Armar Graham Lowry

Armar Graham Lowry was born in 1836 and commissioned as an ensign in the 41st (The Welsh) Regiment on 11 Nov 1853. He was a lieutenant on 11 Aug 1854 and a captain on 9 Sep 1855. He was in the Crimean War with the 41st and was present at the Alma and Inkerman, and throughout the siege of Sebastopol. He fought against the sortie on 26 Oct 1855 and the Redan on 8 Sep. He wears the Crimea medal with three clasps, the Turkish medal, and the Order of the Medjidie 5th Class.
However, the Army List of 1870 gives his dates in the 8th King’s Regiment as entering the army as an ensign on 23 April 1861, lieutenant on 29 July 1862 and captain on 8 June 1867. The notes say that Captain Lowry (late a captain in the 41st Regiment) served in the Crimea.
The photo shows this officer wearing the dress uniform of a captain in the 8th King’s Regiment. The shako is the 1869-1878 pattern with the King’s Regiment badge. The medals correspond with those mentioned in the army list. The National Archives give his dates of service as 1853 to 1868, but Armar Graham Lowry is on the 1880 Army List as a captain in the 8th Regiment.
According to the Imperial War Museum website there is a brass plaque in the Presbyterian Church, Scotch Street, Newmills, Dungannon, co.Tyrone. It is inscribed:
‘To the Glory of God and in loving Memory of a dear brother and gallant soldier Colonel Armar Graham Lowry Late 41st The Welch, 1st West Indian and 8th Bn the King’s Regt. This tablet is placed in the Church in which he worshipped from childhood by his brother and comrade in the field, Lt General R W Lowry CB 1901’

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