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Lance Corporal ROBERT LOUIS DOWNS

Service Number: 37998
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

23rd (Tyneside Scottish) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 May 1917

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY

III. D. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Harriet Downs, of 49, Stoke Old Rd., Hartshill, Stoke-on-Trent.
  • Personal Inscription EVER IN OUR THOUGHTS MOTHER AND SISTER
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Buried or commemorated at

LILLE SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 618
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