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Second Lieutenant BENJAMIN DOWNES

Regiment & Unit/Ship

London Regiment (London Irish Rifles)

18th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 June 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MONTIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, SOMME

B. 1.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs Alice Downes, of 43, Grove Rd., Walthamstow, Essex.
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Buried or commemorated at

MONTIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY, SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 53
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