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Military service
Age:
29
Rank:
Captain
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Royal Engineers
Division:
35th Signal Coy.
Enlistment:
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Death:
March 28, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 10.
Additional information
Son of the late Rev. Alfred John Townend (C.F.) and Margaret Wiseman Townend. Born at Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Coupure de presse
Halifax Herald. Front Page, April 17 1915. -
Photo de FRANCIS WHITCHURCH TOWNEND
CAPTAIN FRANCIS WHITCHURCH TOWNEND © IWM (HU 119217) -
Coupure de presse
Captain Francis Whitchurch Townend. Unit: 31st (Divisional Signal Company), Sappers and Miners, Royal Engineers.. Death: 28 March 1915 Killed in action Western Front © IWM (HU 119217)
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Captain Francis Whitchurch Townend
Digital gallery of
Captain Francis Whitchurch Townend
Digital gallery of
Captain Francis Whitchurch Townend
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 569 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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