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Military service
Service number:
B/78871
Age:
25
Rank:
Lance Corporal
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
48th Highlanders of Canada
Death:
April 13, 1945
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
I. C. 8.
Additional information
Son of George Thomas Townson and of Ellen Louisa Townson (nee Jupp); husband of Bernice Norma Townson (nee Ross), of Toronto, Ontario.
Digital gallery of Lance Corporal James Leonard Townson
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Grave Marker
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Photo of James Townson
In memory of the members of the 48th Highlanders of Canada who went to war and did not come home. Submitted on behalf of the 48th Highlanders Museum, 73 Simcoe St. Toronto, ON M5J 1W9 Submitted for the project Operation: Picture Me. -
Grave Marker
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Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star May 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Toronto Star April 14th 1961. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Leonard Townson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Leonard Townson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Leonard Townson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Leonard Townson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Leonard Townson
Digital gallery of
Lance Corporal James Leonard Townson
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 571 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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