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Military service
Service number:
436853
Age:
27
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
15th Bn.
Death:
August 30, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
A. 6.
Additional information
Son of Sarah Towns, of Coronation, Alberta, and the late Elzer Towns.
Digital gallery of Private Frederick Towns
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15th Bn Cap Badge
15th Bn cap badge. Photo by BGen G. Young 15th Battalion Memorial Project Team.. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Grave Marker
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Badge
Cap Badge 51st (Edmonton). Private Towns was a member of the 51st Bn before being transferred to the 15th Bn as a reinforcement. Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Shoulder patch
Shoulder Patch 15th Bn (48th Highlanders of Canada). Submitted by Capt V Goldman, 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (front side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Record of Service
Record of Service Card (reverse side). From archives 48th Highlanders of Canada Regimental Museum. Submitted by 15th Bn Memorial Project Team. DILEAS GU BRATH -
Photo of Frederick Towns
Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me -
Photo of Frederick Towns
Pte Frederick Towns, originally attested into the 51st Battalion before being transferred to the 15th Battalion (48th Highlanders) No. 4 Coy. He was KIA in Ulster Trench during the battalion's advance on the Drocourt-Queant Line. Submitted BGen Greg Young, 15th Battalion CEF Memorial Project. Dileas Gu Brath -
From the Edmonton Morning Bulletin c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Towns
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Towns
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Towns
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Towns
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Towns
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Towns
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Towns
Digital gallery of
Private Frederick Towns
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 514 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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