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Captain WILLIAM OLIPHANT DOWN

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Berkshire Regiment

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 May 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY

Sp. Mem. B. 15.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Cross
  • Additional Info Son of the late Evan Roberts Down and of Alice Down, of Broadleigh, Gillingham, Dorset.
  • Personal Inscription THE NOBLEST DEATH A MAN MAY DIE FIGHTING FOR GOD RIGHT AND LIBERTY
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Buried or commemorated at

HERMIES HILL BRITISH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 1039
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