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Leading Stoker SIDNEY TOWNSEND

Service Number: D/KX 81507
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Navy

H.M.S. Rover

Date of Death

Died 21 January 1942

Buried or commemorated at

DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY

Block F. Grave 188.

South Africa

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Townsend and Agnes Townsend, of Crookes, Sheffield, England.
  • Personal Inscription SWEET ARE THE MEMORIES SILENTLY KEPT OF ONE WE LOVE AND NEVER FORGET
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Buried or commemorated at

DURBAN (STELLAWOOD) CEMETERY
Kwazulu Natal South Africa
Number of casualties: 710
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