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NAME:                      Downer, William Edmund (or Edwin)
RANK:                      Bombardier
UNIT:                      Royal Garrison Artillery
BATTALION ETC:             10th Siege Battery
REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         41250
HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Killed in action 26th October 1917
WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Railway Dugouts Burial Ground, Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium
OTHER INFORMATION:         DCM. Age 19. Son of Mr. W. E. & Mrs. N. M. Downer of 136 Shearer Rd., Portsmouth.
                           Born & resided: Buckland, Portsmouth. Enlisted: Gosport.