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Gunner WILLIAM EDWARD TOWNLEY

Service Number: 974983
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

149 (The Lancashire Yeomanry) Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 21 November 1941

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

12. E. 4.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Edward and Maude Elizabeth Townley, of Kendal, Westmorland.
  • Personal Inscription HIS SMILING FACE AND LOVING WAYS ARE TREASURED MEMORIES OF BYGONE DAYS
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Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA
Libya
Number of casualties: 3670
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