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Ryde Cemetery

Mr Sidney Charles Henry Downer (Rifleman)

Title: Mr
Forenames: Sidney Charles Henry
Surnames: Downer
Date of Death: 23/08/1915
Age at Death Years: 22
Grave Type: Marked
Military Rank: Rifleman
Map Reference Number: RSHG 048 A2
Plot Number: Ryde New Cemetery Section K Plot 3879
Grave Description: Stone book with leaded lettering. Stone kerbs with grass and primroses infilling.

Grave Condition: Fair
Other Information: Added 2nd & 3rd names, source: Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

Old Website Grave ID: 12368

Inscription:

Left Page
IN
LOVING MEMORY OF
GEORGE DOWNER
DIED NOV 18TH 1940
AGED 72 YEARS

ALSO HIS WIFE
BERTHA ELIZA
BENECK DOWNER
DIED AUG 10TH 1951
AGED 83 YEARS

Right Page
ALSO
HIS ONLY SON
SIDNEY C. H.
DOWNER
KILLED IN ACTION
AUGUST 23RD 1915
AGED 22 YEARS

Photographs:

David Earle
S Downer May 2012
Photographer: David Earle
David Earle
S Downer May 2012
Photographer: David Earle

Related Documents:

PDF file: Census; Great War Deaths; CWGC.

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