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Alfred James Down

In memory of:

Flight Sergeant Alfred James Down

March 2, 1943

Military Service

Service Number:

R/109725

Age:

20

Force:

Air Force

Unit:

Royal Canadian Air Force

Division:

115 (R.A.F.) Sqdn

Additional Information

Born:

November 28, 1922
Chatham, Ontario

Enlistment:

July 11, 1941
Windsor, Ontario

Son of Walter Alfred William and Charlotte Harper Down, of Chatham, Ontario.

Commemorated on Page 154 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY
Netherlands

Grave Reference:

Plot D. Row 13. Grave 11.

Location:

Ameland, one of the Frisian Islands off the north coast of the Netherlands, is some 15 kilometres from the mainland. Nes is the largest of the four villages on Ameland. The AMELAND (NES) GENERAL CEMETERY is about 700 metres east of Nes, on the road to Buren. The British plot is in a prominent position immediately left of the entrance.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Alfred James Down is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alfred James Down is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Flight Sergeant Alfred James Down is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Flight Sergeant Alfred James Down is also commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Memorial– Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens

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    Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
  • Photo of ALFRED JAMES DOWN– Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me

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    Photo of ALFRED JAMES DOWN – Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
  • Photo of Alfred James Down– Alfred in 1942, Chatham, Ontario

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    Photo of Alfred James Down – Alfred in 1942, Chatham, Ontario
  • Newspaper Clipping– Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me

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    Newspaper Clipping – Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
  • Memorial– From the book; …and they never came back. The story of the C. V. S (Chatham Vocational School) students who fought and died in World War 11. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, with the permission of the author Peter N. Stanojevic.

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    Memorial – From the book; …and they never came back. The story of the C. V. S (Chatham Vocational School) students who fought and died in World War 11. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me, with the permission of the author Peter N. Stanojevic.
  • Cemetery– Nes General Cemetery, Ameland, Frisian Islands, Holland Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.

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    Cemetery – Nes General Cemetery, Ameland, Frisian Islands, Holland Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.
  • Grave Marker– Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.

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    Grave Marker – Photo courtesy of Frans van Cappellen, The Netherlands.

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