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Private JOHN TOWNEND

Service Number: 1431

Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

13th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 May 1917

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POINT-DU-JOUR MILITARY CEMETERY, ATHIES

IV. D. 15.

France

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Country of Service United Kingdom
Additional Info Son of George and Ann Townend, of 20, Marriott St., Eastborough, Dewsbury, Yorks. Native of Wombwell, Barnsley.
Personal Inscription THOUGH DEATH DIVIDES STILL MEMORY CLINGS

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