Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1900-1959
Elizabeth Margaret,
Devoted wife of Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon,
Warm-hearted, courageous and humble of spirit.
She left behind for those who knew and loved her a memory
Infinitely precious and of abiding worth.
1900-1959
(Elizabeth was another member of the Cator family.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bowes-Lyon,_17th_Earl_of_St...
There are two pictures of Elizabeth here, but the web-site states she was born the 30th September 1899.
Michael had apparently been a prisoner of war during WW1
news.scotsman.com/princeofwales/Prince-views-Red-Cross-re...
He was wounded, but returned home in 1919 suffering from asthma from being gassed in the trenches, became a farmer, and died in 1953.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1052203.ece
Michael, was reported missing in action in May 1917. He had actually been captured after being wounded and remained in a prisoner of war camp for the rest of the war.
visualwikipedia.com/en/Elizabeth_Bowes-Lyon
(The) three eldest surviving brothers Patrick, Jock and Fergus all immediately rejoined the Black Watch and a fourth, Michael, left his studies at Magdalen College, Oxford to join the Royal Scots.
In 1917 the Bowes Lyons suffered for three months when it was reported that Michael was also killed in action. However, the anguish was turned to joy when he was later found to be alive and being treated in a German prison hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A738768
Little footnote in history
Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon 1900-1959
Elizabeth Margaret,
Devoted wife of Michael Claude Hamilton Bowes-Lyon,
Warm-hearted, courageous and humble of spirit.
She left behind for those who knew and loved her a memory
Infinitely precious and of abiding worth.
1900-1959
(Elizabeth was another member of the Cator family.)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Bowes-Lyon,_17th_Earl_of_St...
There are two pictures of Elizabeth here, but the web-site states she was born the 30th September 1899.
Michael had apparently been a prisoner of war during WW1
news.scotsman.com/princeofwales/Prince-views-Red-Cross-re...
He was wounded, but returned home in 1919 suffering from asthma from being gassed in the trenches, became a farmer, and died in 1953.
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1052203.ece
Michael, was reported missing in action in May 1917. He had actually been captured after being wounded and remained in a prisoner of war camp for the rest of the war.
visualwikipedia.com/en/Elizabeth_Bowes-Lyon
(The) three eldest surviving brothers Patrick, Jock and Fergus all immediately rejoined the Black Watch and a fourth, Michael, left his studies at Magdalen College, Oxford to join the Royal Scots.
In 1917 the Bowes Lyons suffered for three months when it was reported that Michael was also killed in action. However, the anguish was turned to joy when he was later found to be alive and being treated in a German prison hospital.
www.bbc.co.uk/dna/h2g2/A738768
Little footnote in history