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Andrew Thomas Downey

Private

Service No. 808

Age 23

Died on 3 September 1916

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

THIEPVAL MEMORIAL

Somme, France

Son of Andrew Thomas and Mary Ann Downey, of 6, South View, Wynn St., Birmingham.

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Henry Harrison

Andrew, O valiant heart, who to your glory came through dust and ashes …your memory hallowed in the land you loved.

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Andrew, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, although so many of our comrades must have been blown...

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