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Robert Downham

Details

Forename Robert
Surname Downham
Middle Name Edward
Memorial Wigan Cenotaph
Age 19
Address 25 Field Street, Frog Lane, Wigan.
Parents' Address as above
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Great Central Railway Companyand before that apprentice cone maker at Worsley Mesnes Foundry
Regiment Manchester Regiment 5th Battalion
Day of Death 14
Month of Death August
Year of Death 1915
Cause of Death Died of wounds
Place of Burial Helles Mem
Regiment Number 1896
Name of War First World War
Location
Additional Information Son of Catherine. Wounded WO 18/9/15

CWGC, Ancestry, WO 2/10/15