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Gunner WILLIAM R. DOWNEY

Service Number: G/29026
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Canadian Artillery

4 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1944

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GRADARA WAR CEMETERY

II, H, 57.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of William G. and Lily Downey, of Lorneville, St. John Co., New Brunswick, Canada.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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