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Private A TOWNSEND

Service Number: 236072
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Shropshire Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 22 August 1917

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVIII. B. 9.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late Charles and Mary Ellen Townsend. Born Hoarwithy, Herefordshire.
  • Personal Inscription THE SOULS OF THE RIGHTEOUS ARE IN THE HAND OF GOD
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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