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Guardsman ERNEST LEONARD DOWDEN

Service Number: 16306
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Grenadier Guards

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 September 1914

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS GRAVE, VILLERS COTTERETS FOREST

I. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Elizabeth Dowden, of Lower St., Buckland, Denham, Frome.
  • Personal Inscription NOT GONE FROM MEMORY OR FROM LOVE BUT TO HIS FATHER'S HOME ABOVE
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Buried or commemorated at

GUARDS GRAVE, VILLERS COTTERETS FOREST
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 98
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