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Warrant Officer Class Ii WILLIAM CHARLES G. TOWNSEND

Service Number: 1475655
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

Date of Death

Died 12 February 1943

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY

8. J. 25.

Thailand

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 1 H.A.A. Regt., Royal Indian Artillery
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles and Maud Edith Townsend; husband of Gladys Maria Townsend, of Brentford, Middlesex.
  • Personal Inscription SLEEP ON MY DEAR ONE, AND WHEN LIFE'S JOURNEY IS ENDED WE SHALL MEET AGAIN

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Buried or commemorated at

KANCHANABURI WAR CEMETERY
Thailand
Number of casualties: 6982
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