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Flying Officer JOHN WALLACE DOWNING

Service Number: 136351
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

75 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1944

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY

6. C. 6.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Wallace Downing, and of Beatrice Downing, of Elmfield, Ryde, Isle of Wight; husband of Esdale Downing. Journalist.
  • Personal Inscription THERE ARE DAYS IN OUR LIVES WE CHERISH DEEPLY DOWN TO LIFE'S UTTERMOST END
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Buried or commemorated at

HEVERLEE WAR CEMETERY
Vlaams-Brabant Belgium
Number of casualties: 1018
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