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Rifleman HENRY TOWNSEND

Service Number: 2714
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

1st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 16 September 1914

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY

II. C. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Alfred and Ellen Townsend; husband of Violet Louise Townsend, of 26, Water St., Rhyl, Flintshire. Born at Birmingham.
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Buried or commemorated at

VAILLY BRITISH CEMETERY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 699
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