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Private JOHN TOWNSEND

Service Number: 4/7240
Regiment & Unit/Ship

West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

"D" Coy. 9th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 October 1915

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HILL 10 CEMETERY

I. A. 9.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Fred Townsend, of 39, Brinton Terrace, Halifax.
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Buried or commemorated at

HILL 10 CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 699
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