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Private JOHN DOWN

Service Number: 18821
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 May 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL

IX. E. 15.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James George Down, of Wambrook, Chard, Somerset, and the late Caroline Down (nee Matthews).
  • Personal Inscription A GOOD SOLDIER
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Buried or commemorated at

NIEDERZWEHREN CEMETERY, KASSEL
Hessen Germany
Number of casualties: 1804
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