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Sapper W R D TOWNSEND

Service Number: 496751
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

474th Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 24 August 1917

Age 31 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY

II. D. 8.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of the late William Richard and Mary Townsend.
  • Personal Inscription SHED ON HIM THE RADIANCE OF THY HEAV'NLY LIGHT
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Buried or commemorated at

NEW IRISH FARM CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 4759
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