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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

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • 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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