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Casualty Number

2847960

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First Names

William Edwin

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Last Name

Downes

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Service Number

4033715

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Rank

Private

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Regiment

attached 7th Battalion The Parachute Regiment AAC

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Died

22 August 1944

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Age

21

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Cemetery

Ranville War Cemetery, Calvados, France

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Grave

IIIA. B. 5.

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Notes

Son of William Henry James & Clara Downes of Ditherington, Shrewsbury, Shropshire.

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Further Info

Further information may be found in the personal record held by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.