Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Allan Macdonald Downes
In memory of:
Engine Room Artificer 4th Class Allan Macdonald Downes
June 16, 1941
Military Service
V/6613
40
Navy
Royal Canadian Naval Volunteer Reserve
H.M.C.S. Acadia
Additional Information
Husband of Jean Downes, of Stevenson Place, Ottawa, Ontario.
Commemorated on Page 28 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY
Ontario, Canada
Sec. 29. Lot L. Grave 108
OTTAWA (BEECHWOOD) CEMETERY contains 98 Commonwealth burials of the First World War and 113 from the Second World War. Many of the graves are in the two veterans plots, where there is also a Cross of Sacrifice dedicated to all service casualties buried in the cemetery. The OTTAWA CREMATION MEMORIAL is in a shelter adjoining the newer of the veterans plots in the cemetery and commemorates 26 Second World War servicemen whose remains were cremated elsewhere in Canada and the U.S.A.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper Clipping – From the Ottawa Citizen. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping – Remembered on the pages of the Ottawa Journal. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – A memorial tablet at St Andrew's Church in Ottawa is dedicated to the members of the Congregation whose lives were sacrificed in World War II. -
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Grave Marker
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