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Private JOHN CHARLES TOWNSLEY

Service Number: 202902
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

10th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 31 March 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY

I. G. 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John Howgate Townsley and Sarah Ellen Townsley, of 13, Calder St., West St., Leeds.
  • Personal Inscription ALSO IN MEMORY OF PTE. ALFRED B. TOWNSLEY WEST YORKS, REGT. MISSING 17TH JULY 1917
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Buried or commemorated at

MARTINSART BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 488
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