Casualty Lance Corporal DOWNEY, RICHARD Service Number 2723744 Died 21/04/1945 Aged 20 3rd Bn. Irish Guards Son of Richard and Clara Downey, of Plaistow, Essex; nephew of Jeanette Downey, of Plaistow. INSCRIPTION: A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY IS LEFT BEHIND OF A LOVING SON, TRUE AND KIND Buried at BECKLINGEN WAR CEMETERY Location: Niedersachsen, Germany Cemetery/memorial reference: 4. A. 13. See cemetery plan