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Flying Officer THOMAS WILLIAM TOWNLEY

Service Number: 127138
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

31 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 28 January 1944

Age 28 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY

9. J. 3.

India

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George William and Elsie Nellie Townley; husband of Betty Townley, of Gwelo, Southern Rhodesia.
  • Personal Inscription "KEEP THOU THY SON ON UPWARD WING"
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Buried or commemorated at

RANCHI WAR CEMETERY
India
Number of casualties: 707
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