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Serjeant JOHN HERBERT TOWNSEND

Service Number: 875330
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

51 Bty.

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY

13. F. 7.

Myanmar

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert and Nellie Elizabeth Townsend; husband of Violet Lilian Townsend, of Needham Market, Suffolk.
  • Personal Inscription WE SHALL ALWAYS REMEMBER YOUR GREAT SACRIFICE "SAFE WITH THE LORD"
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Buried or commemorated at

TAUKKYAN WAR CEMETERY
Myanmar
Number of casualties: 6445
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