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Gunner JOHN TOWNSEND

Service Number: 126540
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Garrison Artillery

242nd Siege Bty.

Date of Death

Died 14 August 1917

Age 19 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 6.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Kate Townsend (nee Walsh), of Barret St., Bagenalstown, Co. Carlow.
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Buried or commemorated at

GODEWAERSVELDE BRITISH CEMETERY
Nord France
Number of casualties: 991
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