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Military service
Age:
24
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Artillery
Division:
3 Anti-Tank Regt
Death:
March 29, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
XI. B. 1.
Additional information
Son of Lieutenant Colonel William Allen and Elizabeth Lilian Townsley, of Vancouver, British Columbia. Husband of Helen Ruth Townsley (nee Plomb), of South Kensington, London, England.
Brother of David Strawson
Townsley, Mary Ann Townsley and Philip McNair Townsley.
Captain Townsley Commemorated
on the North Vancouver Cenotaph, Victoria Park, North Vancouver, British Columbia.
Digital gallery of Captain Alan Ronald Townsley
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Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From a World War 2 issue of the Vancouver Province c.April 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Captain Alan Ronald Townsley
Digital gallery of
Captain Alan Ronald Townsley
Digital gallery of
Captain Alan Ronald Townsley
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 571 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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