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Gunner ERNEST TOWNSEND

Service Number: 4695203
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

57 Lt. A.A. Regt.

Date of Death

Died 19 February 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY

II. G. 22.

Italy

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Emily Townsend, of Leeds, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription IN PROUD MEMORY OF ERNEST A DEARLY LOVED SON AND BROTHER
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Buried or commemorated at

CASSINO WAR CEMETERY
Italy
Number of casualties: 4277
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