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Serjeant GEORGE HENRY DOWN

Service Number: 37438
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Devonshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 April 1918

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX

II. P. 20.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Elizabeth Down; husband of Beatrice Nellie Down, of New St., Chulmleigh, Devon.
  • Personal Inscription ONE OF THE DEAREST ONE OF THE BEST WE LOVED HIM WELL BUT GOD LOVED HIM BEST
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Buried or commemorated at

ADELAIDE CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
Somme France
Number of casualties: 960
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