A 'Foreign Trades' Master Mariner's Great War Mercantile Marine medal pair: Master Edward Charles Lowther, Merchant Navy

- British War Medal. Silver issue (Edward. C. Lowther.)
- Mercantile Marine War Service Medal (Edward. C. Lowther.)

Important: Edward C. Lowther is confirmed as a unique name in the searchable on-line repository of Mercantile Marine medal index cards held at The National Archives

Medals verification: The Great War medals verified as entitled per below following cited references

- British War Medal. Silver issue (Reference BT 351/1/84259)
- Mercantile Marine War Service Medal (Reference BT 351/1/84259)

Edward Charles Lowther son of Edward James Lowther () and Annie Kate Lowther (nee Brotherwood) was a native of, Melksham, Wiltshire, England , where he was born in, 1892. After leaving the Merchant Navy, Edward established a very successful Ships Stores / Ships Chandlers business in Bristol, England. He is recorded as having died at, Clevedon, Somerset, England on, 6 September 1962. At the time of his death he left a substantial estate of value GBP 36948 & 17 Shillings

A fine Master Mariner's medal pair, whose impressive record of voyages (including 'Exotic' and 'Distant' international trades pre 1913, and through the Great War and immediate post war era) and progression of obtaining his Officer's 'Tickets' is well recorded and accessible through the Board of Trade records held at The National Archives

Condition: GVF

Code: 23830