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Second Lieutenant DOUGLAS WILLIAM ORMOND TOWNSHEND

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Flying Corps

7th Sqdn.

Date of Death

Died 16 August 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY

XII. B. 11.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment and General List
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edgar and Julia Ann Townshend, of "Avoca", Mulgrave Rd., Sutton, Surrey.
  • Personal Inscription HE DIED THAT OTHERS MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

HARLEBEKE NEW BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1126
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