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Pte. Robert Townsley

British Army 2nd Battalion West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)

(d.13th Jul 1916)

Robert Townsley died age 22, born in Jarrow in 1894 he was the eldest son of Robert and Margaret Townsley (nee Overton) of 33 Ferry Street Jarrow. In the 1911 Census he is recorded as Robert Townsley, age 16, a Labourer in a Copper works, living with his parents, Robert & Margaret Townsley & his siblings at 25, Ferry Street, Jarrow. He first served in France on the 19th March 1915

Robert is buried in St. Sever Cemetery Rouen.



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