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Albert Edward Downes

In memory of:

Second Corporal Albert Edward Downes

April 24, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

502466

Age:

29

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Engineers

Division:

9th Field Coy.

Additional Information

Born:

May 6, 1887

Son of J. Downes, of Risca, Wales; husband of Bertha Downes, of 2760, Retallock St., Regina, Saskatchewan.

Commemorated on Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

VILLERS STATION CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

V. E. 3.

Location:

Villers-au-Bois is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 11 kilometres north-west of Arras. The VILLERS STATION CEMETERY is about 2 kilometres north-west of the village.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Circumstances of death registers– Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 665 of 1076.

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    Circumstances of death registers
    Circumstances of death registers – Source: Library and Archives Canada. CIRCUMSTANCES OF DEATH REGISTERS, FIRST WORLD WAR. Surnames: Don to Drzewiecki. Microform Sequence 29; Volume Number 31829_B016738. Reference RG150, 1992-93/314, 173. Page 665 of 1076.
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Morning Leader. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Morning Leader. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Newspaper clipping– From the Regina Morning Leader. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Regina Morning Leader. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
  • Grave marker– From the Regina Morning Leader c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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    Grave marker
    Grave marker – From the Regina Morning Leader c.1918. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me

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