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Private E TOWNSEND

Service Number: 50818
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Middlesex Regiment

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 17 April 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY

IX. F. 36.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Eli and Maria Townsend, of Grimscote, Northants.
  • Personal Inscription HE SAVED OTHERS HIMSELF HE COULD NOT SAVE MATT. 27. 42
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Buried or commemorated at

MENDINGHEM MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 2442
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