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Sergeant CYRIL EDWARD TOWNSHEND

Service Number: 1579593
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

547 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 October 1944

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SURBITON CEMETERY

Sec. 17. Grave 5960.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Albert Edward and Winifred Daisy Townshend, of Surbiton.
  • Personal Inscription THEY SHALL GROW NOT OLD AS WE THAT ARE LEFT GROW OLD
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Buried or commemorated at

SURBITON CEMETERY
Surrey United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 67
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