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Military service
Service number:
A/104686
Age:
30
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Highland Light Infantry of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Death:
July 9, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IX. A. 2.
Additional information
Son of John F. E. and Annie K. Downing, of Kingsbridge, Devon, England.
Digital gallery of Private John Charles Downing
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Grave Marker
A photograph of the headstone at the Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. May he rest in peace. (J. Stephens) -
Beny-Sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery
The Beny-sur-Mer Canadian War Cemetery, located at Reviers, about 4 kilometres from Juno Beach in Normandy, France. (J. Stephens) -
Medal
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Medal
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Medal
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Grave marker
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Attestation paper
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Medal
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Downing
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Downing
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Downing
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Downing
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Downing
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Downing
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Downing
Digital gallery of
Private John Charles Downing
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 294 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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