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Lieutenant FRANCIS EDWARD STEVENSON TOWNSEND

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 30 September 1916

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

I. D. 8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Eldest son of Dr. and Mrs. Townsend, of Killora, Normanby, Eston, Yorks.
  • Personal Inscription ELDEST SON OF DR. & MRS. TOWNSEND KILLORA, NORMANBY ESTON, YORKS.
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Buried or commemorated at

ABBEVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2106
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