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Private HENRY TOWNSON

Service Number: 21385
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

22nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ

IX. D. 4.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Alice Townson, of 5, Groves Terrace, Torrisholme, Morecambe, Lancs.
  • Personal Inscription TO MEMORY EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

DANTZIG ALLEY BRITISH CEMETERY, MAMETZ
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2053
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