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Private WILLIAM LOUIS TOWNSEND

Service Number: 20444
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Essex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 October 1916

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HEILLY STATION CEMETERY, MERICOURT-L'ABBE

V. C. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Margaret Mary Townsend, of 10, Cancel St., Walworth, London.
  • Personal Inscription A LIGHT IS FROM OUR HOUSEHOLD GONE A VOICE WE LOVED IS STILL
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