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Second Lieutenant OSWALD DOWNES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 June 1916

Age 35 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WHITBOURNE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Oswald Vincent and Jane Ann Downes, of The Firs, Whitbourne.
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Buried or commemorated at

WHITBOURNE (ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST) CHURCHYARD
Herefordshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 6
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