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Lance Corporal GEORGE ALFRED DOWNES

Service Number: 7687092
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Corps of Military Police

50 Divisional Provost Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 November 1941

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY

5. D. 3.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred James Downes and Henrietta Grace Downes; husband of Francess Downes, of Edgware, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS IN OUR HEARTS. LOVE TO DADDY FROM ALLAN AND PHILLIP
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Buried or commemorated at

HALFAYA SOLLUM WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 2061
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