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Sergeant ERNEST TOWNSEND

Service Number: 1484117
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

10 Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 20 August 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GLOSSOP CEMETERY

C. of E. Sec. Grave 3746.

United Kingdom

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James and Ivy Townsend, of Glossop.
  • Personal Inscription IN MEMORY'S GARDEN WE MEET EVERY DAY
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Buried or commemorated at

GLOSSOP CEMETERY
Derbyshire United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 51
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