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Fusilier JOHN TURTON TOWNSEND

Service Number: 13101854
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 May 1944

Age 37 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

XI. K. 5.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Samuel and Annie Turton-Townsend; husband of Ella Townsend, of Higham, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription LORD, IN THY MERCY GRANT HIM SAFE LODGING, A HOLY REST AND PEACE AT THE LAST
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Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 4277
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