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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- CWGC and other Headstones -
- Northwood Cemetery (Cowes) : Gerald Robert James Downer -

Location

In Northwood Cemetery, Cowes, Isle of Wight
 
Description

Standard CWGC headstone. WW II pattern.
Grave Location : 9360
Headstone


 
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Inscription


7538119 PRIVATE
G R J DOWNER
THE ARMY DENTAL CORPS
5TH NOVEMBER 1940 AGE 23
+
IN LOVING MEMORY
OF A DEAR HUSBAND


 
Further Information

Gerald Robert James Downer
 
Son of George Henry Downer and Ada Ann Downer (née Guster), of Cowes, Isle of Wight.
 
Born : 1914, Cowes, Isle of Wight
 
Married : 1939, Kathleen Mary Westhorpe, at St Mary's Church, Cowes, Isle of Wight.
 
Service Details
 
Although his headstone shows him as serving in the Army Dental Corps, there is nothing in the report of his funeral to indicate this.
 
CWGC record ...
 

Isle of Wight County Press, 16 Nov 1940
 



 
 

 
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