Harry Lowis
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| Full name | Harry Elliott Lowis | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 September 1864 Calcutta, Bengal Presidency, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 February 1938 (aged 73) Marylebone, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1892/93–1897/98 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902/03 | Bombay | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 30 November 2023 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Harry Elliott Lowis (9 September 1864 – 13 February 1938) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in both the British Army and the British Indian Army.
The son of Edmund Elliot Lowis, he was born in British India at Calcutta in September 1864. He attended the Royal Military College at Sandhurst, graduating from there as a lieutenant into the 1st West India Regiment in May 1885.[1] In April 1889, he transferred to the British Indian Army,[2] with promotion to captain following in May 1896.[3] In India, Lowis played first-class cricket, making his first-class debut for the Europeans cricket team against the Parsees at Bombay in the 1892–93 Bombay Presidency Match;[4] this was the first cricket match played in India with first-class status. Between 1892 and 1897, he played in five first-class matches for the Europeans, in addition to playing for Bombay against the touring Oxford University Authentics in November 1902.[4] In six first-class matches, he scored 163 runs at an average of 18.11; he made one half century, a score of 72.[5] With the ball, he took 4 wickets at a bowling average of 22.50.[5]
He continued to serve in the British Indian Army into the 1900s, gaining promotion to the rank of major in May 1903 and lieutenant colonel in January 1911.[6][7] He spent time in British Hong Kong with the 119th Infantry from at least 1903 to 1906.[8] Serving with the 10th Jats during the First World War, he was conferred the rank of brevet colonel in October 1915 as a reward for distinguished service in the field.[9] In March 1916, he was mentioned in dispatches during Operations in the Tochi for commanding a frontal attack with great skill against a force of Khostwal tribesmen estimated at some 7–8,000.[10][11] Lowis gained the full rank of colonel in January 1917,[12] and was later made a temporary brigadier-general when he was appointed an inspector of depots in September 1917.[13]
He retired from active service in April 1920, nearly two years after the conclusion of the First World War.[14] Lowis returned to England, where he retired to Westward Ho! in Devon. He died while visiting Marylebone on 13 February 1938.[15]
References
[edit]- ^ "No. 25468". The London Gazette. 8 May 1885. p. 2107.
- ^ "No. 26114". The London Gazette. 12 December 1890. p. 6991.
- ^ "No. 26768". The London Gazette. 14 August 1896. p. 4632.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Harry Lowis". CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ a b "Player profile: Harry Lowis". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
- ^ "No. 27578". The London Gazette. 21 July 1903. p. 4592.
- ^ "No. 28506". The London Gazette. 20 June 1911. p. 4606.
- ^ Who's who in the Far East. British Hong Kong: The China Mail. 1906. p. 207.
- ^ "No. 29344". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 October 1915. p. 10728.
- ^ "No. 29514". The London Gazette (Supplement). 17 March 1916. p. 3038.
- ^ "No. 29652". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 July 1916. p. 6701.
- ^ "No. 30351". The London Gazette (Supplement). 23 October 1917. p. 10990.
- ^ "No. 30388". The London Gazette (Supplement). 16 November 1917. p. 11936.
- ^ "No. 31891". The London Gazette. 7 May 1920. p. 5254.
- ^ "Wished ashes to be thrown away". Western Morning News. Plymouth. 22 April 1938. p. 4. Retrieved 30 November 2023 – via British Newspaper Archive.
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[edit]- 1864 births
- 1938 deaths
- Cricketers from Kolkata
- Military personnel from Kolkata
- Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst
- West India Regiment officers
- British Indian Army officers
- English cricketers
- Europeans cricketers
- Mumbai cricketers
- Indian Army generals of World War I
- 19th-century British Army personnel
- 19th-century British military personnel