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Guardsman DOUGLAS ARTHUR DOWNS

Service Number: 2658205
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot 5. Row A. Grave 36.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John William and Amy 2 Downs; husband of Rosemary E. Downs, of Chelmsford Essex.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIVES FOR EVER IN THE HEARTS OF THOSE WHO LOVED HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 618
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