EARLS FAMILY CHRONICLES
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Datafile 5A - Dowds Records
NOTES
- Lily Dowds married Hugh Boyd, the son of Hugh Boyd (1872-1939) and his wife Mary Anne Bell (1874-1950) of Ballytober near Glenarm, County Antrim.
DOWDS WAR DEAD
The following Dowds are recorded in the records of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission:
- Annie Dowds aged 31, wife of John Dowds of 18 Barbour Street, Belfast, and Anne Dowds aged 2 and Maureen Dowds aged 6, daughters of Annie and John Dowds were killed in their home on May 5, 1941, presumably as a result of a German bomb.
- H. Dowds, the husband of Minnie B. Dowds of 15 Jonesboro Street, Belfast, and a rifleman in the Royal Irish Rifles was killed on Jul.1, 1916, and is buried in the Connaught Cemetery, Thiepval.
- Henry Dowds, the son of the late John Dowds of Richhill, County Armagh, and a private in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers was killed on Jul.1, 1916, aged 35 and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.
- Hugh Dowds, the son of the James and Rachel Dowds of Carnlough, County Antrim, and a private in the Royal Irish Fusiliers was killed on Jul.11, 1917, aged 23 and is buried in the Beersheba Cemetery.
- Charles John Dowds, the son of the Charles and Eliza Jane Dowds of 73 Ballynahinch Road, Lisburn, County Antrim, and a lance corporal in the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders was killed on Sep.26, 1916, aged 22 and is buried in the A.I.F. Burial Ground, Flers.
- Joseph Dowds, the husband of Elizabeth Dowds of Monree, Donaghcloney and a rifleman in the Royal Irish Rifles was killed on Apr.1, 1918, aged 35 and is buried in the Donaghcloney Old Graveyard.
- Robert Dowds, the son of Hugh Harper Dowds and Elizabeth Dowds of Belfast and a leading aircraftman in the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve was killed on Aug.15, 1943, aged 22 and is buried in the Malta Naval Cemetery.
- William James Dowds, the son of Oliver and Jean Dowds of Belfast and an aircraftman first class in the Royal Air Force was killed on Sep.25, 1940, aged 19 and is buried in the Belfast City Cemetery.
Last updated 12/29/06.
Christopher E. Brennen