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Gunner NORMAN JOHN WILLIAM DOWNES

Service Number: 1646869
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

135 Bty., 4 H.A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 20 June 1942

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

10. D. 8.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles George and Sara Carey Downes, of Elgin, Morayshire; husband of Elsie Downes (nee Cameron), of Elgin.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN. EVER REMEMBERED BY HIS WIFE AND ALL AT HOME

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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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