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Private SOLOMON JOHN DOWNES

Service Number: 6052
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)

112th Coy.

Date of Death

Died 15 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE

VI. H. 7.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Margaret Downes, of West Hartlepool; husband of Frances Ann Downes, of 4, Sea Terrace, Middleton, Hartlepool.
  • Personal Inscription O TEACH ME FROM MY HEART TO SAY THY WILL BE DONE

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Buried or commemorated at

GORDON DUMP CEMETERY, OVILLERS-LA BOISSELLE
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1680
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