Alfred DOWNEY

1896 - 1915  (18 years)

• Name	Alfred DOWNEY
  Birth	Jun 1896	Rochford, Essex   [1]
  Gender	Male
  _UID	D44A78BAF9A347AFBD1A36F85C99761E7031
  Death	Apr 1915	WW1, Flanders
  Notes	A record at findmypast.co.uk (found by Colin Stewart) for Alfred DOWNEY gives the following information: UK, Soldiers Died in the Great War, 1914 - 1919 Name - Alfred Downey  Birth Place - Rochford Essex Residence - Southend on Sea Death Date - 6 April 1915 Death Place - France and Flanders Enlistment Place - Warley, Essex Rank - Private, Essex Regiment Battalion - 2nd Battalion Regiment Number - 10245 Type of Casualty - Killed in Action Theatre of War - Western European Theatre A record on the Commonwealth War Graves website for A DOWNEY, Service number 10243, Essex Regiment, 2nd Bn, died 16 April 1915, is almost certainly for the same person. He was buried at Calvaire (Essex) Military Cemetery, I.L.8. Belgium.
  Person ID	I2938	Great Horkesley, Essex
  Last Modified	7 Oct 2021

  
  

  Father	George DOWNEY,   b. 29 May 1859, Sudbury, Suffolk d. Yes, date unknown
  Mother	Caroline Elizabeth POOLEY,   b. Mar 1865, Knapton, Norfolk d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	28 May 1888	Parish Church, Islington, London   [2, 3]
  	Married after banns. George Downey, 28, bachelor, carman of 13 Richard Street, father Charles Downey, carpenter. Catherine Pooley, 23, spinster of 13 Richard Street, father John Pooley, labourer. Both signed full names. Witnesses C Downey, Alice White.
  Family ID	F973	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Sources

  [S178] BMD index, Q2 1896 Rochford 4a/565. (Reliability: 3). [S210] London Metropolitan Archives at Ancestry.co.uk, November 2009 and later. [S178] BMD index, Q2 1888 Islington 1b/478. (Reliability: 3).