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Serjeant WALTER TOWNSEND

Service Number: 111948
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Yorkshire Regiment

11th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 June 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY

B. 6.

France

As per 708

Photographer: D Chambers

As per 708

Photographer: D Chambers

As per 708

Photographer: D Chambers

As per 708

Photographer: D Chambers

As per 708

Photographer: D Chambers

  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Husband of Lottie Townsend, of 3, Brecon Avenue, Brecon St., Holderness Rd., Hull.
  • Personal Inscription IN THE BLOOM OF LIFE THE SAVIOUR CALLED HIM FROM HIS WIFE
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Buried or commemorated at

BEAUVAL COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 249
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