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Sapper JOHN WILLIAM DOWNEY

Service Number: 132626
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

180th Tunnelling Coy.

Date of Death

Died 30 December 1915

Age 47 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PLOEGSTEERT MEMORIAL

Panel 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James Downey, of Chesterfield, Derbyshire; husband of Fannie Downey, of 3, Chestnut Avenue, Eastdene, Rotherham, Yorks.
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