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Lance Corporal JOHN DOWNEY

Service Number: 12446
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 November 1917

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XX. A. 4.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Robert and Annie Downey; husband of Christina Downey (nee Burgess), of 10, Grove Rd., Portobello, Dublin. Born at Belfast.
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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