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Captain ERIC TRAVIS TOWNSEND

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 08 November 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY

XII. B. 15.

Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph Travis Townsend, and Lucy Mabel Townsend, of 19, Huntley Gardens, Glasgow.
  • Personal Inscription HE FOUGHT, HE DIED, HE LIVES
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Buried or commemorated at

GAZA WAR CEMETERY
Israel and Palestine (including Gaza)
Number of casualties: 3691
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