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Captain John Low's grave is in Newton le Willows, not Wigan.

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Its a good idea to keep the grave a secret Rev

It looks like your correct David his grave is in the Wigan Metro area.
He was buried as Lieutenant John Low.His year of birth is given as 1836.
If you go to the website www.findagrave.com and fill in the details, remembering to use 1836 as the dob, all will be revealed.

Not long before the idiots start defacing

David you're certainly not correct. That grave is not in wigan it's in golborne.


John Low - buried on 10 September, 1906, at St.Thomas' Church, Church Street, Golborne, Warrington. WA3 3TH, in the deanery of winwick, diocese of chester (now liverpool) - it should be sufficient to say he was buried in golborne. the metropolitan borough of wigan council did not exist in 1906 and if it did he'd still be buried in Golborne.

James Hanson, get this -

John Low CSN - 290 Foundation, says "He is buried in Newton Le Willows, not far from Liverpool."

From a book by William Stanley Hoole, titled Four Years in the Confederate Navy - the career of Captain John Low.
" is buried in Newton-le-Willows, Golborne Parish, "

Marines and Navy - Research OnLine, says "Buried in Golborne Parrish Churchyard, Newton-le-Willows, England."

Identifying NC Sailors and Marines, says, " died at Liverpool, England, September 6, 190, buried at Golborne Parish Churchyard, Newton-le-Willows, England"

And there's more. Which just goes to show, "believe none of what you hear, half of what you see and only some of what you read on the internet".

Golborne does come under the borough of Wigan and was always part of the Wigan unions o it could fairly be argued that the grave is in Wigan.

Why all the controversy golborne is within the wigan metro.The post code is WA3 [warrington unless it as changed recently ]. Newton le willows is under St Helens ,Merseyside, also as a warrington post code WA12

John Lancaster formed the Kirkless Coal and Iron Co. and built 10 blast furnaces. His success meant that in 1859 he was able to buy a 200 foot yacht, The Deerhound, and was invited to join the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. With his crew he sails for pleasure and competively. On the 19th June 1864 he is in The English Channel near Cherbourg when he witnesses the last great sea battle of The American Civil War when the confederate ship, USS Alabama was sunk by the northern ship SS Kearsarge. Lancaster rescued the Captain and 42 crew members and later received a personal letter from the President of The Confederate States, Jefferon Davies offering his eternal gratitude.

He formed the Kirkless Coal and Iron Co. and built 10 blast furnaces. His success meant that in 1859 he was able to buy a 200 foot yacht, The Deerhound, and was invited to join the Royal Mersey Yacht Club. With his crew he sails for pleasure and competively. On the 19th June 1864 he is in The English Channel near Cherbourg when he witnesses the last great sea battle of The American Civil War when the confederate ship, USS Alabama was sunk by the northern ship SS Kearsarge. Lancaster rescued the Captain and 42 crew members and later received a personal letter from the President of The Confederate States, Jefferson Davies offering his eternal gratitude.

TommyT his grave will most likely be a target by the numpties now the location has been revealed.

Ted, don't worry, 'the numpties' will soon get fed up of walking round graveyards in Wigan, looking and not being able to find it..

AH, the grave in question is in the area administered by Wigan council, in a churchyard administered by Liverpool diocese. It's postal address is Warrington WA3 3TH. Before 1974 it Golborne was under Warrington
and the school books all had Warrington Education Authority printed on the front. The local milkman lives in Culcheth and keeps his cows in Astley.

BUT -

the grave is in Golborne.

A bit irresponsible giving the location away in todays climate. And why mention the S word Rev. Lets hope the lunatics protesters don't look at Wigan World

Graham Taylor. It's always better to tell the truth. Rev John Long is telling the truth and shaming The Devil.

John Low was a British merchant mariner who married a lady from Virginia and settled in Savannah, Georgia, just prior to the start of the American Civil War. He returned to Liverpool to assist with shipping arms to the confederacy and then joined the confederate navy. He was promoted to the rank of first lieutenant in the navy. After the war he remained in Britain and gained a master’s certificate of competence which allowed him to become captain of British merchant ships. He is known as Captain John Low for his merchant marine service but was Lieutenant John Low in the Confederate States Navy.