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Lance Corporal JOHN ALFRED TOWNEND

Service Number: R/18561
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 25 August 1917

Age 33 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

XVIII. A. 1.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Husband of M. J. Townend, of 11, Scarbro' St., Tingley, Wakefield.
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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