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Captain GORDON MORRIS DOWNES

Service Number: 160997
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Buffs (Royal East Kent Regiment)

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1943

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEJA WAR CEMETERY

2. C. 1.

Tunisia

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Francis and Edith Downes; husband of Pamela Tyrone Downes, of Datchet, Buckinghamshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE MUST BE FREE OR DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEJA WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 396
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