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Rifleman RONALD TOWNSEND

Service Number: 6898564
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

9th (1st Bn. The Rangers) Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1942

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

16. E. 23.

Libya

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry Adrian and Maud Elizabeth Townsend, of Leyton, Essex.
  • Personal Inscription SILENT THOUGHTS BRING MANY A TEAR FOR ONE WE LOVED SO DEAR, MUM, DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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