DOWNES John

  • First Name(s):
    John 
  • Surname:
    DOWNES
  • Service Number:
    4729
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Worcestershire Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st/8th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    21st November 1916
  • Age At Death:
    30
  • Cause of Death:
    Died of wounds
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Besford (St. Peter) Churchyard, Worcestershire, England.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of Frederick and Harriet Downes, of Besford

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

DOWNES John Is Named On These Memorials

Defford St James’s Church

Further Information About DOWNES John

John was the Parish Clerk.  He enlisted in Pershore and was invalided home after being ‘gassed’ in France.

A photograph of Private J. Downes of Besford can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 9th December 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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