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225639 RSM. Harry Harforth Lowery British Army 2nd Btn. East Yorks Regiment My Grandad, Harry Harforth Lowery, was stationed with the 1st Battalion in Dalhousie in 1939 where my father was born. He then transferred to the 2nd Battalion and was in France until Dunkirk. Like others he returned in 1944 on D day shortly after on 16th Sept was promoted to RSM. At the end of the war (now the Battalion Quatermaster) he went first to Palestine and then Berlin. Shortly after the Berlin Airlift he was commissioned as Captain Quartermaster or was it Lt Quartermaster? In the London Gazette 10/1/1950: "E. York R. Short Serv. Commn. Lt. (Qr.-Mr.) (War Subs. Capt.) Harry Harforth Lowery (408254) from Special List (ex Ind. Army) Emerg. Commn., to be Capt. (Qr.-Mr.), 23rd Nov. 1949, with seniority 16th Sept. 1947." and London Gazette 3/3/1950: "E. Yorks R. Short Serv. Commn. Lt. (Qr.-Mr.) Harry Harforth Lowery (408254) from Special List (ex -Ind. Army) Emerg. Commn., to be Lt. (Qr.-Mr.), 23rd Nov. 1949, with seniority 16th Sept. 1944. (Substituted for the notifn. in Gazette (Supplement) dated 10th Jan. 1950.)" Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**