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Private A TOWNEND

Service Number: 2403
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 September 1916

Age 38 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY

IV. A. 3.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 146th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Robert and Mary Townend, of Louth, Lincs; husband of Gertrude Townend, of 9, Lea Rd., The Beeches, Gainsborough, Lincs.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY DAWNS AND THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

PUCHEVILLERS BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1763
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