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Memorials & Monuments
on the Isle of Wight
- Biography -
- Albert Edward Downer -

A E Downer Name : Albert Edward Downer

Son of Charles Downer and Ellen Downer (née Pitman), of Calbourne, Isle of Wight.

Born 1892, Calbourne.
  Census information :

1901 : Charles and Ellen Downer, with their children including Albert, aged 8, are at Fullholding Cottage, Calbourne. Charles Downer is a Shepherd.

1911 : Charles and Ellen Downer, with their children including Albert, aged 18, are at Fullholding, Calbourne. Both Charles and Albert Downer are Farm labourers.

  Service Details :

Rifleman 675 A E Downer, 1/8th Bn Hampshire Regiment (Isle of Wight Rifles)

  Casualty Details :

Died : 31st October 1915, aged 23.

Buried at : 7th Field Ambulance Cemetery, Gallipoli, Turkey.

CWGC Record
  Commemorated on these Memorials :

Calbourne War Memorial
IW Rifles Memorial, Carisbrooke Castle
IW Rifles Memorial, Drill Hall, Newport
  Photo Gallery :

Calbourne : A E Downer
 
Albert Edward Downer in I W Rifles uniform

Card addressed to Alice Downer, Fullholding, Calbourne, IOW, but not sent through the post

Message reads : Dear Mother, If fine I shall be home on Thursday, hoping all are well, from Albert
 
Calbourne : A E Downer
 
Albert Edward Downer (centre, with bugle) at training camp, Yaverland, 1914. others unknown.

Card addressed to Alice Downer, but not sent through the post. No message.
Alice Downer was one of his sisters.

 
Albert Downer while in training at Watford
  Documents and Newspaper cuttings :

Isle of Wight County Press
20th November 1915

Killed in action &c

DOWNER - Killed in action at Gallipoli, Oct 31st., Rfn. Albert Downer, I.W. Rifles, second son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Downer [sic], Fullholdings, Calbourne, aged 23.
  Acknowledgments :

Photographs and information provided by : Amy Wiles of Southampton. Albert Edward Downer is her great great uncle.
  Page status :
Page updated : 19 February 2015 (added further photo)



 
 

 
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