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Rifleman JOHN CORNELIUS TOWNSEND

Service Number: 6923861
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

7th (1st Bn. The London Rifle Brigade) Bn

Date of Death

Died 10 June 1944

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ROME WAR CEMETERY

II, B, 30.

Italy

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. H. Townsend; husband of K. Townsend, of Poplar, London.
  • Personal Inscription GONE FROM MY SIGHT BUT NOT FROM MY HEART. FOR EVER IN MY THOUGHTS
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