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Private JOHN EDWARD DOWNS

Service Number: 6609
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 January 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY

VIII. C. 82.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Emily Alice Downs, of 235, Manchester Rd., Cubitt Town, Poplar, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE NOBLY ANSWERED DUTY'S CALL HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR ONE AND ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

BOULOGNE EASTERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 5813
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