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Aircraftman 1St Class WILFRID BERNARD DOWNING

Service Number: 1284229
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Date of Death

Died 18 May 1942

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MELKSHAM CHURCH CEMETERY

S.W. part.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Lewis Wilfrid and Ellen Annie Downing, of Peckham, London; husband of Muriel Agnes Downing.
  • Personal Inscription "WHOM TO KNOW WAS TO LOVE"
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Buried or commemorated at

MELKSHAM CHURCH CEMETERY
Wiltshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 19
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