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Lance Serjeant ROBERT OLIVER TOWNSEND

Service Number: 5670050
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

30th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALIA CEMETERY

12. C. 33.

Algeria

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and No. 6 Commando
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Frederick William and Nellie Townsend, of Saltley, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription ETERNAL REST GIVE UNTO HIM, O LORD; MAY HE REST IN PEACE. MAM AND DAD
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