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Military service
Service number:
141088
Age:
20
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
24th Bn.
Birth:
January 31, 1896
Baliwick of Guernsey
Death:
September 17, 1916
Burial/memorial information
Additional information
Son of Henry and Olive Downton, of Milton West, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal Clifford Henry Downton
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Photo of CLIFFORD HENRY DOWNTON
In memory of the men joined the 76th Battalion CEF and died while serving in other Battalions. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens) -
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 727 of 1076.
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Clifford Henry Downton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Clifford Henry Downton
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal Clifford Henry Downton
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