DOWNES+W.

 Downes, Willis, Private, 203285, 1st/4th Battalion, York and Lancaster Regiment Born Woodhouse, Sheffield, Yorkshire Enlisted Sheffield Killed in action 19th July 1917 aged 39 Son of the late William and Sarah Downes, of Castle Villas, Hill-Top, Bolsover, Chesterfield. Commemorated on the Nieuport Memorial

1911 Census A colliery labourer above ground Son of William, a coal miner dataller below ground, and Sarah Downes, of 171, Langwith Road, Hillstown, Bolsover, Derbyshire

(Photograph and article from the Derbyshire Times, 1st September 1917)


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