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Military service
Service number:
R/85450
Age:
26
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Death:
June 25, 1942
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
R.A.F. Sec. Grave 19.
Additional information
Son of William T. Downton and Elsie M. Downton, of Wilcox, Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant John Edwin Lawrence Downton
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Grave Marker
Photo taken on May 17, 2008 at Brandesburton Village Church. -
Newspaper Clipping
Memorialized on the pages of the Globe and Mail. Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Regina Leader Post. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Edwin Lawrence Downton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Edwin Lawrence Downton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Edwin Lawrence Downton
Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant John Edwin Lawrence Downton
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 70 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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BRANDESBURTON (ST. MARY) CHURCHYARD Yorkshire, United Kingdom
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