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Private JAMES DOWNEND

Service Number: 4366
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 July 1916

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XVIII. O. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Aaron and Elizabeth Downend, of Barnsley; husband of Jane Owen (formerly Downend), of 39, Poplar Terrace, Royston, Barnsley. XVIII. O. 10.
  • Personal Inscription REST IN PEACE
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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