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Private JOHN HENRY DOWNING

Service Number: 7849
Regiment & Unit/Ship

South Lancashire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 July 1916

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HAMBURG CEMETERY

VI. D. 9.

Germany

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Thomas Downing, of Baldwin St., Smethwick, Staffs; husband of Catherine Ellen Ryley (formerly Downing), of 10, Harding St., Smethwick, Staffs.
  • Personal Inscription IN UNFADING MEMORY OF MY DEAREST HUSBAND FOR EVER IN OUR HEARTS
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