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Private EDWARD LEONARD DOWNEY

Service Number: 14808442
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 May 1945

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY

7. K. 9.

Germany

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Edward and Vera Clara May Downey, of Truro, Cornwall.
  • Personal Inscription PEACEFULLY SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY
Niedersachsen Germany
Number of casualties: 2404
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