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Guardsman WILLIAM DOWNEY

Service Number: 2724254
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Irish Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 September 1944

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY

22. G. 8.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Eleanor Downey, of Liverpool; husband of Marie Elizabeth Downey, of Walton, Liverpool.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR THOSE HE LOVED AND THOSE HE LOVED WILL NOT FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

JONKERBOS WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 1646
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