The son of Ernest Charles Downer, a Linen Draper's Buyer, & Edith Amelia (nee Day).

Service records

Address - 21 Church St, Enfield.
Born - 1895
Next of Kin - father, Ernest Charles Downer, same address.
Enlisted 28th Dec 1914 - 1/25th Bn London Regt. - No. 1996
                                        Transferred to Machine Gun Corps 260 Coy. No.94532- 13 May 1917
                                        Transferred to Machine Gun Corps 288 Coy. No.94532- 7 Oct 1918
Embarked for India 3 Feb 1916, arrived Bombay 26 Feb 1916 per 'Ceramic'
India .G.S. Medal Afghan 1919. 
Disability - Malaria - 30% disability.
Embarked for UK 27 Oct 1919 per 'H.T. Alex Woeman'.
Disembodied - 24 Dec 1919.
Addresses - Carlton Villa, South Benfleet, Essex
                    26 Ridgmont Rd, St. Albans, Herts