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Private JAMES DOWNEY

Service Number: D/41943
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 January 1941

Age 49 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BARNSLEY CEMETERY

Sec. 1. Grave 252.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Jane Downey, of Barnsley.
  • Personal Inscription R.I.P.
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Buried or commemorated at

BARNSLEY CEMETERY
Yorkshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 135
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