Private 25920 Ernest DOWNS

Private 25920 Ernest Downs{gallery}Pte E Downs{/gallery}9th Battalion, King’s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
Died of wounds in Salonika, Greece, 6th January 1917, aged 38

• Buried: Doiran Military Cemetery, Greece. Grave ref: VI. K. 22. (Burial Church Yard, Popovo, Greece)
• Enlisted 2 Jun 1916
• Awarded: British War and Victory Medals
• Son of Charles and Catherine Downs of 154 Main Road, Kettlebrook
• Husband of Edith Mary Downs [nee Stanley] of 21 Cherry Street, Tamworth. Married Jan qtr 1915 in Tamworth
• NNWFHS memorial: Glascote
  

Links to relevant information

• CWGC Page for Private Downs
• NNWFHS Glascote War Memorial Page
• King‘s Own Royal Regiment (Lancaster)
• Doiran Cemetery

1911 census and family history Information

• Born July qtr 1897 in Tamworth
• Employed as a school teacher at Glascote Boys Council School,
• Lived at 154 Main Road, Kettlebrook [1911]