Lance Corporal Walter James Lowings was born in Cambridge and served with the 203rd Field Company, Royal Engineers, no. 4 section. He was married to Minnie and had two daughters He was killed in action on the 28th September 1918 aged 38 and is buried at Plot 7, Row V, Grave 9, Railway Dugouts Zillebeke Ypres. He was the last of four brothers to die during the war all of whom are listed on the Cambridge Romsey Methodist Church War Memorial. His widow never remarried and died in the late 1970s aged 90. || Photograph of Walter in uniform with wife Minnie (seated) and two daughters (Harriet is seated) Photograph of Walter in uniform with wife Minnie Photograph of Walter in uniform with hand on a plinth Photograph of wife Minnie at Walter's battlefield grave Photograph of Walter's headstone Photograph of a trench with a helmet

A real photographic postcard || Pictured in an unknown photographic studio are four children and their parents. The children’s father, who is holding the baby of the family, is a lance corporal. Two of the younger children are perched on toy horses, while their mother and older sister are sitting on chairs. There is a message written on the reverse in black ink: ‘With the compliments of the Season / 1915.’. || || A British soldier and his family photographed in 1915 || Photograph || Front

A small girl sits at the centre of this real photographic postcard flanked by her parents. The single stripe on her soldier–father’s sleeve tells us that he is a lance corporal and he wears a bandolier; the details of his shoulder title are unclear. The rings on her mother’s left hand are notable. There is a message written in black ink on the reverse. It reads, ‘Dear Doris / Just a card to wish you all a Merry Xmas & a Happy & peaceful New Year. / With love, Gladys’. || A real photographic postcard || || A British lance corporal and his wife and daughter || Photograph || Front