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Leading Aircraftman WILLIAM EDWARD DOWNEY

Service Number: 1031446
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

145 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 30 May 1945

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

UDINE WAR CEMETERY

II. B. 14.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Reginald S. Downey, and of Mary Downey, of Stretford, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription HE LIVES WITHIN OUR HEARTS BELOVED AND UNFORGOTTEN
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Buried or commemorated at

UDINE WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 415
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