The Queens Own Royal West Kent R

The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private J E Downs

Photograph by "Madge Castle"

Private John Edward DOWNS, G/6609, 8th Battalion, Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, died of wounds, No.3. Stationary Hospital, Boulogne, France, 18th January 1916, age 32.

Born Barnes, Surrey.

1909 September Quarter, Poplar Registration District, John Edward Downs, married Emily Alice Edmunds, of 235, Manchester Road, Cubitt Town, Poplar, London.

1911 Census - 383 Manchester Road, Cubitt Town, London, E - John Downs, head, age 25, married under 1 year, 1 child still alive, labourer, iron worker, mangle trade, born Barnes, Surrey.

1911 Census - Metropolitan Convalescent Institution, Walton on Thames - Emily Alice Downs, patient, age 28, married under 1 year, 1 child still alive, born Poplar, London, infirmity - debility.

Enlisted Poplar, Middlesex.

11th October 1915, posted BEF.

Buried at Boulogne Eastern Cemetery, VIII. C. 82., Pas de Calais, France.

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