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Second Lieutenant HOWARD GRAY DOWNES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

517th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 13 March 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY

II. C. 14.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Only son of Howard Downes, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S., and Sarah Sophia Downes. Born Hornsey, London,.
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Buried or commemorated at

POPERINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 953
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