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Lieutenant VILLIERS CHERNOCKE DOWNES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Bedfordshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1914

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LONGUENESSE (ST. OMER) SOUVENIR CEMETERY

I. A. 7.

France

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Catherine E.A. Downes, of Aspley House, Aspley Guise, Beds., and the late Lt. Col. C. Villiers Downes. His brother, Archer Chernocke Downes also fell.
  • Personal Inscription SON OF LT. COL. DOWNES BEDS A GOOD SOLDIER OF JESUS CHRIST R.I.P.
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