Canadian Virtual War Memorial
John Winfield Downey
In memory of:
Private John Winfield Downey
November 12, 1917
Military Service
701198
29
Army
Canadian Infantry (Manitoba Regiment)
43rd Bn.
Additional Information
May 26, 1889
Son of M. J. and Etta Downey, of 539, Runnymede Rd., Toronto, Ontario.
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
TYNE COT CEMETERY
Belgium
XIX. H. 1.
Tyne Cot Cemetery is located 9 Km north east of Ieper town centre on the Tynecotstraat, a road leading from the Zonnebeekseweg (N332). The cemetery itself lies 700 meters along the Tynecotstraat on the right hand side of the road. Tyne Cot or Tyne Cottage was the name given by the Northumberland Fusiliers to a barn which stood near the level crossing on the Passchendaele-Broodseinde road. Three of these blockhouses still stand in the cemetery; the largest, which was captured on 4 October 1917 by the 3rd Australian Division, was chosen as the site for the Cross of Sacrifice by King George V during his pilgrimage to the cemeteries of the Western Front in Belgium and France in 1922. The Tyne Cot Cemetery is now the resting-place of nearly 12,000 soldiers of the Commonwealth Forces, the largest number of burials of any Commonwealth cemetery of either world war.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram November 1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of John Winfield Downey -
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Group Photo – 101st Battalion, E Company -
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Grave Marker – Grave marker of Pte John Winfield Downey, Tyne Cot Cemetery, Belgium -
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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 681 of 1076. His grave was located in Bellevue, 5 ¾ miles North East of Ypres, Belgium. After the Armistice, his body was exhumed and buried in TYNE COT CEMETERY. -
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Commemorative Plaque – Humberside Collegiate Institute, Toronto, Ontario. -
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High Park Methodist Church – 1914 - 1918 Memorial Plaque for High Park Methodist Church, 260 High Park Ave., Toronto, Ontario. The Memorial Plaque was unveiled in 1924 by Nursing Sister Pat Tuckett, and a Memorial Organ was presented by the Women's Association. Those who died (38 names) are listed on the centre panel with the names of those who served on the side panels. The first services at this location were held in October 1908. The church became High Park Avenue United Church in 1925, and High Park-Alhambra in 1970. -
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Honour Roll – Source: The Standard / Canada's Aid to the Allies and Peace Memorial. Edited by Frederick Yorston. Published by the Montreal Standard Publishing Co., Ltd., Montreal. This large Souvenir Edition magazine included the Rolls of Honour for various prominent Canadian businesses. -
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Roll of Honour – Honour Roll, Winnipeg employees, The Ogilvie Flour Mills Company Ltd. -
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Cemetery -
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Cross of Sacrifice -
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Grave marker -
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Article – In honoured memory.
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