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Private ALFRED EDWARD DOWNING

Service Number: 20775
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 October 1917

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XXII. A. 15.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Matilda Downing; husband of Louisa Downing, of Hopton, Attleborough, Norfolk. Native of Riddlesworth, Thetford, Norfolk.
  • Personal Inscription IN OUR LONELY HOURS OF THINKING THOUGHTS OF HIM ARE ALWAYS HERE
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