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Private WILLIAM TOWNSEND

Service Number: 52131
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Cheshire Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 July 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

III. G. 30.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Clorinda and the late Samuel Townsend, of 24, Park St., Shifnal, Salop.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT ALL HE LOVED MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

AIRE COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 925
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