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The Memorial states he had formerly worked in the Surveyors' Department of the Corporation.
CWGC states that Private George Downs, regimental number 27183, was the son of John and Sarah Ann Downs of Thorney near Peterborough, and the husband of Annie Downs of 35 Morris Street, Peterborough. He died on 28/1/1917, aged 38, and is buried in grave VII.D.3 of Contay British Cemetery in France.