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Captain The Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon (18 April 1889 – 27 September 1915) was a British officer and older brother of Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon, who later became the queen consort of King George VI. Fergus Bowes-Lyon was killed during World War I. He was a maternal uncle of Elizabeth II .
Fergus Bowes-Lyon (Londres, 18 de abril de 1889 - Loos-en-Gohelle, 27 de setembro de 1915) foi um soldado britânico e o irmão mais velho de Isabel Bowes-Lyon, a rainha consorte do Reino Unido entre 1936 e 1952, e geralmente conhecida na Grã-Bretanha como a rainha-mãe.
Learn about the life and death of Fergus Bowes-Lyon, a First World War soldier and the brother-in-law of King George VI. Find out how his grave was lost and found after almost a century.
Fergus Bowes-Lyon, son of the 14th Earl of Strathmore and uncle to Queen Elizabeth II, was killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915. His remains were found in 2011 and a headstone was erected in his honour at Quarry Cemetery in Vermelles.
Fergus Bowes-Lyon, the Queen Mother's brother, was killed at the Battle of Loos in 1915. The Queen and her family have been looking for his remains for years, but his body has never been found.
1915. death Killed in Action struck by shrapnel from an exploding shell Loos France Source:6643006 Source:8540743 27th September 1915. burial Quarry Cemetery, Vermelles CWGC Cemetery/Memorial France Source:7966297. sibling Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Windsor Bowes Lyon Source:8567339. Key to icons.
Fergus Bowes-Lyon was killed during the Battle of the Hohenzollern Redoubt in the Battle of Loos. As he led an attack on the German lines, at about 10:30 hrs his leg was blown off by a shell from a barrage of German artillery and he fell back into his sergeant's arms.
