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Private J TOWNSON

Service Number: 5982
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Duke of Wellington's (West Riding Regiment)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART

I. C. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
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Buried or commemorated at

AVELUY WOOD CEMETERY (LANCASHIRE DUMP), MESNIL-MARTINSART
Somme France
Number of casualties: 380
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