Thread: Ormond Clarence DOWNING

Ormond Clarence DOWNING

I'm search information on my Mum's Uncle, Ormond Clarence Downing. (aka Osmond)

He was born on Victoria Australia, 1 Dec 1900.

He immigrated to UK just after WW1, and last we heard, he was living in Lancashire.

Ormond (Uncle Bill, as he was know to the family) was wounded on the French frontline on the 30 September 1818 and was eventually taken to Torquay Hospital on 6 October 1818.
On the 18 November he was transferred to the Exeter War Hospital and finally returned to Australia 20 December 1818.

It was at one of the two hospitals in UK that he met May, a nurse, and returned to marry her once the war finished. They had at least one child, a daughter, naming her after my grandmother, Eileen.

We realised Ormond must have long passed away, but his family in Australia long for any news both of him and his family.

Warm Regards...

Hello

Looked at the registrtion records available post 1911,and cannot find a marriage or death entry for Ormond Clarence DOWNING


There is however a death entry for : Bill DOWNING b1902 died aged 82 May 1984 Huddersfield 4 1611 I'm not convinced thsi is your relative

elsabesl

Hello Elsabels,
Thank you for your reply.
This may not be him, but it's certainly worth a try.

How can I get more information? Being so recent, can I order his death certificate?

Cheers

Thanks Marion,

I'm more inclined to believe Eileen married and stayed in the UK, but I'm not counting out your information.

The problem is the family last heard from them in 1936, and at that time they were living in Lancashire, UK

Cheers..