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Private GEORGE KENNETH DOWNES

Service Number: 4699176
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

2/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 02 March 1943

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY

15. A. 16.

Tunisia

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harold Cecil and Emily Downes, of Meanwood, Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE BELOVED OF THE LORD SHALL DWELL IN SAFETY "PEACE, PERFECT PEACE"
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Buried or commemorated at

MEDJEZ-EL-BAB WAR CEMETERY
Tunisia
Number of casualties: 2910
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