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Warrant Officer Class Ii HERBERT FREDERICK JOHN DOWNTON

Service Number: 5722158
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Dorsetshire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 May 1944

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY

Joint grave 7. B. 2-3.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick James Downton and Rose Alice Downton; husband of Lucy Rose Downton, of Sherbourne, Dorsetshire.
  • Personal Inscription TIME PASSES, BUT CHERISHED MEMORIES REMAIN FOR EVER
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Buried or commemorated at

KOHIMA WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 1421
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