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Private JOHN WILLIAM TOWNSEND

Service Number: 40052
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 24 December 1919

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD CEMETERY

C. M. 1692.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and the late Elizabeth Townsend, of Sutton-in-Ashfield.
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Buried or commemorated at

SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD CEMETERY
Nottinghamshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 65
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