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Rank : Private

Army Number : 25746

Unit : 6th Bn

Biography :

Home address given as Foxton, Leicestershire. Enlisted at Market Harborough, Leicestershire. Served with the 6th Battlion during World War One. Awarded the MM (see London Gazette 28.01.1918, p.1384). Killed in action France and Flanders campaign aged 28. He is buried at Hooge Crater Cemetery, Belgium.

Medal Card: Victory and British War medals

CWGC:

Rank: Private
Service No: 25746
Date of Death: 29/10/1917
Age: 28
Regiment/Service: Leicestershire Regiment 6th Bn.
Awards: MM
Grave Reference: VI. F. 6.
Cemetery: HOOGE CRATER CEMETERY
Additional Information: Son of James and Maria Downes, of Foxton, Market Harborough, Leicestershire.

Harborough Mail Monday 20 November 2017
'PRIVATE THOMAS DOWNES: LEICESTERSHIRE REGIMENT The poignant story of Downes’ death was told in last week’s Advertiser. Downes, 28, of Foxton and a former gardener at Hill Crest in Market Harborough, was killed in action just hours before he was due to receive the Military Medal in a front line ceremony.'

Date of Birth : 1888

Place of Birth : Foxton, Leicestershire

Date of Death : 29.10.1917

Place of Death : Belgium

Civil Occupation : Railway Worker

Period of Service : 1910s

Conflicts : WW1

Places Served : France and Flanders