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Lance Serjeant DAVID VALENTINE DOWNES

Service Number: 241076
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Staffordshire Regiment

2nd/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 September 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY

I. B. 2.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Simeon and Mary Jane Downes, of 42, Alfred St., Bloxwich, Walsall.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS THAT HE LAID DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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Buried or commemorated at

OXFORD ROAD CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 852
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