Basic Details
Surname
Downs
Forenames
George
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Service number
27183
Notes
The Roll lists his address as 35 Morris Street.

(N.B. The Roll is known to include numerous errors, including: misspelt names and inaccurate date/place of death, service number/ rank/ military unit etc; several casualties were mistakenly listed on it twice [i.e. under their true name and also the alias under which they served]; several other men were listed on it due to the mistaken belief they had died, whereas they had actually survived).
Primary Service
As stated on memorial
Unit (Primary - Stated)
Northants
Sub-unit (Primary - Stated)
6th
Rank / Title (Primary - Stated)
Pte
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Contay
Country of burial
Not stated
Town of burial
Not stated on memorial
Cemetery
Not stated
Year of death
1917
Month of death
January
Day of death
28
Manner of death as stated
"Died of wounds 28th Jan. 1917 at 49th C.C.S., buried at Contay"
Manner of death reference
Died of Wounds