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In memory of:

Captain Francis Whitchurch Townend

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Military service

Age: 29
Rank: Captain
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: Royal Engineers
Division: 35th Signal Coy.
Enlistment: Nova Scotia
Death: March 28, 1915

Burial/memorial information

Grave reference: II. B. 10.
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Son of the late Rev. Alfred John Townend (C.F.) and Margaret Wiseman Townend. Born at Halifax, Nova Scotia.

In the Books of Remembrance

Commemorated on:

Page 569 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY Pas de Calais, France

Bethune is located 29 kilometres north of Arras.

The BETHUNE TOWN CEMETERY is on the northern outskirts of Bethune near the junction of the River Lawe and the Aire la Bassee Canal. From the town centre turn right in front of the Tribunal and second right at the bottom of the road down to the cul de sac.

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