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Drummer JOSEPH ALOYSIUS TOWNSEND

Service Number: 1435
Regiment & Unit/Ship

East Lancashire Regiment

"D" Coy. 1st/4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 18 May 1915

Age 15 years old

Buried or commemorated at

SKEW BRIDGE CEMETERY

Special Memorial B. 43.

Turkey (including Gallipoli)

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Charles Henry and Mary Jane Townsend, of 6, Countess St., Accrington. Native of Clitheroe.
  • Personal Inscription THEIR GLORY SHALL NOT BE BLOTTED OUT
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Buried or commemorated at

SKEW BRIDGE CEMETERY
Turkey (including Gallipoli)
Number of casualties: 606
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