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Military service
Service number:
R/98669
Age:
21
Rank:
Flight Sergeant
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Canadian Air Force
Division:
Royal Canadian Air Force 162 (R.A.F.) Squadron Sqdn
Death:
July 29, 1944
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Terrace 7B. Grave 19.
Additional information
son of Robert and Mabelle Townsend of Tisdale,Saskatchewan, Canada.
Digital gallery of Flight Sergeant Robert Wilfred Ernest Townsend
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Digital gallery of
Flight Sergeant Robert Wilfred Ernest Townsend
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 464 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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LERWICK NEW CEMETERY Zetland (Shetland), United Kingdom
From Sumburgh Airport, take the A 970 to Lerwick (approx 35 miles). Enter Lerwick and follow the signs for Old Port. At the top of the hill that leads down into the Old Port, turn sharp right into Knab Road. The cemetery is situated at the junction of Knab Road and Gressey Loan.
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