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Private GEORGE WILLIAM DOWNES

Service Number: 5118020
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Worcestershire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 March 1941

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY

4. A. 8.

Eritrea

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Arthur and Isabella Downes, of Rough Hay, Staffordshire.
  • Personal Inscription ALWAYS THOUGHTFUL AND KIND HIS EQUAL WOULD BE HARD TO FIND. "THY WILL BE DONE"
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Buried or commemorated at

KEREN WAR CEMETERY
Eritrea
Number of casualties: 440
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