IN MEMORY OF OUR BAXENDEN LADS
1914 - 1918
& 1939 - 1946
IN MEMORY OF OUR BAXENDEN LADS
1914 - 1918
& 1939 - 1946
Wm. Turner - November 1994 |
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203161 JOSEPH DOWNES 8th October 1917 |
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Introduction
ANDERSON, William ANDERTON, John Henry BAILEY, Harry BARNES, James Albert BATES, Thomas Henry BOLTON, Jack BOND, Harry Hargreaves BRANDON, Tom BURY, Percy CHEVIN, William Thomas DOBSON, Walter DOWNES, Joseph DUCKWORTH, Frank DUCKWORTH, John (Jack) Pilkington GORE, Elias GREENWOOD, James HAMBLING, Benjamin George HAMBLING, Charles Buckingham HAWKER, William HEYS, James Edward HEYS, John Lawson HINDLE, Arnold JOHNSON, Harry KENYON, Ernest LIVETT, John William MARSDEN, Fred MOSS, James RATCLIFFE, Fred RUSHTON, Fred SKELLERN, John James SMITH, James Edward STOTT, Fred TODD, Walter Counsell WATERWORTH, David WHITEHEAD, John William WHITEHEAD, Riley
CUCKNELL, Alan
Accrington Pals
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PTE. 203161 JOSEPH DOWNES of the Manchester Regiment died of wounds sustained on October 8th 1917 during heavy fighting south of Ypres. Joseph was aged twenty and the son of Joseph and the late Mary Ann Downes. He was born in Sheffield but was living and working in Baxenden when he enlisted in the Army. Joseph is buried in Godewaersvelde British Cemetery in France very close to the Belgian border. The cemetery is on the village outskirts. It is near the town of Hazebrouck. The cemetery was started in July 1917 when three Casualty Clearing Stations (mobile hospitals) arrived in the area. Field Ambulances and fighting units also used it. It stands on rising ground between the village and an area of high ground called Mont des Cats. Around the cemetery is heavily cultivated land and pasture for cattle. Joseph's name is also on the Haslingden Roll of Honour in Haslingden Public Hall. |
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