Private Vernon G Townsend, 23329
- Batt - 2
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Section -
- Date of Birth -
- Died - 11/03/1917
- Age -
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ContributeSource: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland. The War Diary for today records. Bde marched 6.30am, BAGHDAD entered. Battn bivouacked near station. Bde found outpost line. Battn in reserve. At 6.00pm orders received to call in present picquet line and take up line as follows:- 2nd LEICESTERSHIRES 812 central (on railway line) north to river. A, C and D Coy’s took up this line with B Coy in reserve. Cold at night and some rain.
Leicestershire Project Findings
- Conflict - World War I
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Place of death - Mesopotamia
- Burial Place - Xiii E 2, Amara War Cemetery
- Birth Place - Bexley, Kent
Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore
- Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
- Cause of death - DIED OF WOUNDS
- Burial Commemoration - Amara War Cem., Iraq
- Born - Bexley, Kent
- Enlisted - Oakham, Rutland
- Place of Residence - Ashwell, Rutland, England
- Memorial - ST. MARY'S CHURCH WALL MEM., ASHWELL, RUTLAND
- Memorial - ST. MARY'S CHURCH, ASHWELL, RUTLAND
