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Private W TOWNSLEY

Service Number: 42237
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

16th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 April 1917

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NESLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 35.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Christina Townsley, of 36, Duke St., Coldstream.
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Buried or commemorated at

NESLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 135
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