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Private JOHN TOWNSEND

Service Number: 2329
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Somerset Light Infantry

1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 June 1916

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY

VI. O. 17.

Iraq

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Louisa Townsend, of 2, Mount Pleasant, Grove Rd., Brislington, Bristol.
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Buried or commemorated at

BASRA WAR CEMETERY
Iraq
Number of casualties: 3071
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