In Memory Of

LOW, ROBERT DUNCAN

Service Details
Age:
 34
Date of Birth:
 1907-08-31
Service No:
 384/A/I
Rank:
 Major
Unit:
 1st Royal Bn.
Regiment:
 9th Jat Regiment
Date of Death:
 1942-03-08
Cause of Death:
 Killed in action
Commemoration
Grave Reference:
 Face 38.
Cemetery:
 RANGOON MEMORIAL
Country:
 Myanmar
Additional Information
Son of Colonel Nelson Low, D.S.O., O.B.E., and Ellen Maud Low; husband of Beryl Marguerite Low, of Rondebosch, Cape Town, South Africa. Born Burma. Commissioned from the Royal Military College as 2nd Lt. to the Unattached List, 1st September 1927. Promoted to Lieutenant, 27th February 1930, with seniority from 1st December 1929. Appointed to the Indian Army as 2nd Lt. (AI 384), attached to the 1st Battalion, 9th Jat Regiment, 27th February 1930. Promoted to Captain, 1st September 1936. Seconded to the Burma Defence Force, 16th July 1939. Assistant Commandant, the Southern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force, late 1939 to 1941. Assistant Commandant, the Northern Shan States Battalion, Burma Frontier Force, early 1941. Officer Commanding F.F.6, early 1942 to 8th March 1942.