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Private PHILIP WILLIAM TOWNSEND

Service Number: 6400606
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 August 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY

II, D, 8.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Personal Inscription YOURS WAS THE COURAGE, MAY THE FORTITUDE BE OURS
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Buried or commemorated at

FORLI WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 738
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