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Rifleman HENRY W. DOWNIE

Service Number: A/202763
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 October 1918

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

XVII. L. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment formerly (SS/5134) Army Service Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Joan Downie, of "Newholme," Hillside, Ashington, Northumberland.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAKS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 5916
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