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Military service
Service number:
B/58656
Age:
25
Rank:
Trooper
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
4th Princess Louise Dragoon Guards, R.C.A.C.
Division:
4th Recce. Regt.
Death:
November 4, 1943
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
IV. F. 7.
Additional information
Son of Robert George and Jean Downes. Husband of Helen Marion Downes of Thorold, Ontario.
Brother-in-law of Private Richard Gardener Stevens, who died while serving with the Irish Regiment of Canada, R.C.I.C.
Digital gallery of Trooper George Robert Downes
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Digital gallery of
Trooper George Robert Downes
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Robert Downes
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Robert Downes
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Robert Downes
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Robert Downes
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Robert Downes
Digital gallery of
Trooper George Robert Downes
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 154 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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