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Second Lieutenant WILLIAM HARRY TOWNSON

Service Number: 247481
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

North Irish Horse

Date of Death

Died 20 December 1942

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY

Sec. F. Row 16. Grave 9.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry Walls Townson and Frederica Daisy Townson, of St. Austell.
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Buried or commemorated at

ST. AUSTELL CEMETERY
Cornwall United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 31
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