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Corporal ROBERT LEONARD DOWNES

Service Number: 5502977
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Hampshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 July 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY

IV. C. 13.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Michael Downes, and of Sarah Anne Downes, of Plumstead, London.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD LOVING MEMORY OF A DEAR SON AND BROTHER, WHO GAVE HIS LIFE FOR FREEDOM
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Buried or commemorated at

HOTTOT-LES-BAGUES WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 1138
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