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Military service
Service number:
690395
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry, Canadian Expeditionary Force
Division:
116TH Bn.
Birth:
March 3, 1889
Guernsey, Channel Islands, United Kingdom
Death:
July 23, 1917
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
III. B. 20.
Additional information
Son of John Thomas and Elizabeth Downton, of Hamilton, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Private Henry Victor Downton
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Cemetery
La Chaudiere Military Cemetery - La Chaudiere Military Cemetery is located at the foot of Vimy Ridge, very near the town of Vimy, France. The cemetery is 13 kilometres north of Arras, France. May they rest in peace. (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Inscription
Epitaph (John & Anne Stephens 2013) -
Photo of Henry Victor Downton
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Original Grave Marker
Original grave marker since replaced with new one. -
Grave Marker
New Grave Marker replacing original WW1 Cross -
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 729 of 1076. He was buried 1 mile North East of Vimy, 2 ¼ miles South of Lens. Subsequently, his body was exhumed and buried in LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY.
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Victor Downton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Victor Downton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Victor Downton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Victor Downton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Victor Downton
Digital gallery of
Private Henry Victor Downton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 230 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France
LA CHAUDIERE MILITARY CEMETERY is approximately 3 kilometres south of Lens and is situated on the north-western outskirts of Vimy.
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