Leicestershire War Memorials

Private James Leslie Townsend, 270198

Batt - 15
Unit - Royal Scots
Section -

Date of Birth -
Died - 22/10/1918
Age - 19

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of William Henry and Clara Townsend.

Leicestershire Project Findings

Conflict - World War I

Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Unit - Royal Scots
Former Unit n.o - 5118
Former Unit - Highland Light Infantry
Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
Burial Commemoration - Tyne Cot Mem., Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Born - Hinckley, Leicestershire
Enlisted - Leicester
Place of Residence - 42 Manor Street, Hinckley, Leicestershire, England
Memorial - HINCKLEY MEM., LEICS
Memorial - GREAT MEETING UNITARIAN CHAPEL MEMORIAL, HINCKLEY, LEICESTERSHIRE

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