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Private WILLIAM JOHN DOWN

Service Number: 5620279
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 November 1944

Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY

VI, B, 6.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Ada Gwendoline Millman Down, of Umberleigh, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR KING AND COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

CESENA WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 775
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