Fergus Bowes-Lyon

[2] On 17 September 1914, Bowes-Lyon married Lady Christian Norah Dawson-Damer (7 August 1890 – 29 March 1959), daughter of the 5th Earl of Portarlington.

Rosemary was only two months old when Fergus died in the line of duty on 27 September 1915, only 10 days after the first anniversary of his wedding.

His issue: In the First World War, Bowes-Lyon served with the 8th Battalion, Black Watch: as a lieutenant since 19 August 1914, and as temporary captain since 17 November.

[2] His mother, Cecilia Bowes-Lyon, Countess of Strathmore and Kinghorne, was severely affected by the loss of her son, and after his death became an invalid, withdrawn from public life until the marriage of her daughter Elizabeth to the future king George VI in 1923.

As a result, in August 2012, his place of commemoration was moved to the Quarry Cemetery, Auchy-les-Mines, marked by a headstone inscribed with his details and the words "Buried near this spot" as the precise location of the grave is still not known.