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Willmott Alonby Leng Downing

In memory of:

Gunner Willmott Alonby Leng Downing

November 8, 1917

Military Service

Service Number:

1250732

Age:

18

Force:

Army

Unit:

Canadian Field Artillery

Division:

8th Army Bde.

Additional Information

Born:

November 26, 1898
Indian Head, Saskatchewan

Enlistment:

February 23, 1917
Regina, Saskatchewan

Son of Charles Downing of Craik, 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:

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY
Belgium

Grave Reference:

IX. C. 14.

Location:

VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY is located 5 Km west of Ieper town centre and to the south of the village of Vlamertinge. Vlamertinge itself is located along the Poperingseweg. (* Vlamertinge is the modern spelling of Vlamertinghe) From Ieper town centre the Poperingseweg (N308), is reached via Elverdingsestraat then straight over two small roundabouts in the J. Capronstraat. The Poperingseweg is a continuation of J. Capronstraat and begins after a prominent railway level crossing. The cemetery itself is located after turning left in the village of Vlamertinge onto the Hugo Verriestraat. This road crosses a railway and the main road N38, where the name of the street changes to Bellestraat. The VLAMERTINGHE NEW MILITARY CEMETERY lies 200 metres on the left hand side of the Bellestraat, after crossing the N38. Visitors to this site should note a grassed access path which runs between two houses on the street front and is unsuitable for vehicles.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Photo of Willmott Leng– From Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921.

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    Photo of Willmott Leng – From Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921.
  • 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 717 of 1076.

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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 717 of 1076.
  • Bank of Montreal Memorial– Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921.

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  • Record of Service– Memorial of the Great War, 1914-1918 published by the Bank of Montreal 1921.

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