2nd Battalion, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers (British Army)
Died:
23/03/1918 (Killed in Action)
Age:
31
Summary
Samuel Rowe was the son of Joseph Rowe. He was born in Tamlaght O’Crilly, Upperlands about 1887. Samuel Rowe married Lizzie Porter on the 26th June 1915 and they lived in Mullagh, Maghera. Samuel Rowe enlisted in Coleraine. Private Samuel Rowe served throughout the war with the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers until the battalion was disbanded in February 1918. Private Rowe had been wounded on three previous occasions. Private Samuel Rowe was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action during the German Spring Offensive on Sat 23rd March 1918.
Further Information
Samuel Rowe was the son of Joseph Rowe. He was born in Tamlaght O’Crilly, Upperlands about 1887.
There is a suspicion that Samuel is a brother of Robert John Rowe, but this has not been proved. Private Samuel Rowe is listed as a witness regarding Private Robert John Rowe’s Will, so it seems certain the two were related.
Samuel Rowe married Lizzie Porter on the 26th June 1915 in the district of Magherafelt. They lived in Mullagh, Maghera.
Samuel Rowe enlisted in Coleraine.
Private Samuel Rowe served throughout the war with the 10th Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers until the battalion was disbanded in February 1918.
He had been home on leave in January 1918.
From the Mid Ulster Mail dated 6th January 1918: Maghera
Private Alexander Richardson, Inniskillings, wounded recently, is on leave in the district, and Private Samuel Rowe, of the same regiment, is also spending a few days home from the front.
Private Rowe had been wounded on three previous occasions.
Private Samuel Rowe was serving with the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers when he was killed in action during the German Spring Offensive on Sat 23rd March 1918.
Private Samuel Rowe has no known grave and is commemorated on the Pozieres Memorial in Picardie, France.
Samuel Rowe is also commemorated in Churchtown Presbyterian Church in Tamlaght O’Crilly.
The CWGC record Private Samuel Rowe as the son of Joseph Rowe and also as the husband of Lizzie Rowe of Mullagh, Maghera, Co. Derry.
