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Serjeant JOSEPH SYDNEY TOWSE

Service Number: 240030
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Yorkshire Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 April 1918

Age 32 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK

Sp. Mem. E. 6.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. S. Towse and the late Mr. G. H. Towse, of Bempton, Bridlington; husband of Florence L. Towse, of 54, St. John's Walk, Bridlington, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE THE MOST THAT MAN CAN GIVE LIFE ITSELF
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Buried or commemorated at

CROIX-DU-BAC BRITISH CEMETERY, STEENWERCK
Nord France
Number of casualties: 556
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