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Private ALBERT EDWARD TOWNSEND

Service Number: PLY/15233
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Marine Light Infantry

1st R.M. Bn. R.N. Div.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1918

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS

XI. E. 10.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mr. and Mrs. E. Townsend, of Lansdowne, Bourton-on-the-Water, Glos.
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Buried or commemorated at

A.I.F. BURIAL GROUND, FLERS
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3647
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