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Private WILLIAM GEORGE DOWNING

Service Number: 19155
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3

II. B. 9.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Harriet Downing, of 47, Rossiter Rd., Balham, London.
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Buried or commemorated at

BRANDHOEK NEW MILITARY CEMETERY NO.3
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 974
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