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Boy BENJAMIN JOHN DOWNING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Photinia (North Shields)

Date of Death

Died 12 January 1946

Age 18 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEESTON CEMETERY

Sec. D18. Grave 58.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

BEESTON CEMETERY
Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 46
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