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Lance Corporal HAROLD DOWNING

Service Number: 28421
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Surrey Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 October 1917

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY

IX. A. 10.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Abraham and Sarah Downing, of 79, Hawthorne Rd., Willesden Green, London.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT WE MIGHT LIVE WE SHALL NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

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