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Private JOSEPH DOWNES

Service Number: 203161
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

20th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 October 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. F. 35.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and the late Sarah Ann Downes.
  • Personal Inscription TOO DEARLY LOVED TO BE FORGOTTEN FROM HIS SISTER & BROTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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