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Private ROBERT POWELL TOWNEND

Service Number: 14414921
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Norfolk Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 July 1944

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY

XII. B. 14.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Herbert Powell Townend and Sarah Lillie Townend, of Pudsey, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT FOR PEACE. "HE SHALL DWELL IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD FOR EVER" MOTHER, DAD AND FAMILY
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Buried or commemorated at

BAYEUX WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 4654
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