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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.
- 1914–1915
- British Army
Patrick Bowes-Lyon (1863–1946), younger brother of the 14th Earl, winner of the 1887 Wimbledon doubles. Fergus Bowes-Lyon (1889–1915) noted golfer killed in the First World War, brother of Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother.
Fergus, 26, a Captain in the Black Watch, died leading an attack on the German lines at the heavily fortified Hohenzollern Redoubt. His leg was blown off by a barrage of German artillery and bullets then struck him in the chest and shoulder.
Michael Fergus Bowes-Lyon, 18th and 5th Earl of Strathmore and Kinghorne, DL (7 June 1957 – 27 February 2016), styled Lord Glamis between 1972 and 1987, was a British politician and soldier, and a first cousin, once removed, of Queen Elizabeth II.
Fergus, Captain in the Black Watch, died at the age of 26 leading an attack on the heavily fortified German lines at Hohenzollern Redoubt. His leg was blown off and he was hit by multiple bullets in his chest and shoulder.
Captain The Hon. Fergus Bowes-Lyon (copyright unknown). On 19 August 1914, he joined the 8th Battalion, Black Watch as a lieutenant. On 17 September, he married Lady Christian Norah Dawson-Damer and was promoted to temporary captain on 17 November that same year.
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.
