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Gunner BENJAMIN ISAAC DOWNING

Service Number: 77497
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Machine Gun Corps (Heavy Branch)

"C" Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 July 1917

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY

I. A. 7.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Rachael Downing, of Shadow Barn Cottages, Bungay, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription THY WILL BE DONE WAS HARD TO SAY WHEN OUR DEAR BOY WAS CALLED AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GWALIA CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 470
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