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Flight Sergeant RALPH TOWNSEND

Service Number: 1078579
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

550 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1944

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WISCH (VARSSEVELD) GENERAL CEMETERY

Plot A. Coll. grave 12-14.

Netherlands

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Distinguished Flying Medal
  • Additional Info Son of William H. and Gladys Townsend, of Emley, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN HEAVENLY LOVE ABIDING
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Buried or commemorated at

WISCH (VARSSEVELD) GENERAL CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 12
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