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Private SIMON DOWNIE

Service Number: 423461
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

29th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 12 May 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY

II. E. 20.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of George and Elizabeth Downie, of Harestanes, Kirkintilloch, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT THE FIGHT THE VICTORY WON AND ENTERED INTO REST THY WILL BE DONE
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Buried or commemorated at

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 366
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