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TO WWI NAMESTOWNSEND G.
George Townsend
Corporal 15345
11th Bn., Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regt.)
George Townsend died on Monday 9 April 1917, Age 21, and was commemorated on the YPRES (MENIN
GATE) MEMORIAL,
Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
He was born on Station Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield on 13th February 1896, the son of George and Mary Ellen Townsend. At his death they were living at 24 Bourne Street, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts.
Notts Free Press - In Memoriam - 12th April 1918
Townsend - In ever-loving memory of our dear son and brother, Corporal George Townsend, who met his death on 9th April 1917. He served his king and country, God knows he did his best; But now he sleeps in Jesus, A soldier laid to rest.Could we have been beside him, To sooth his dying hours; The grief would not have been so great, For us in silent hours. - From his sorrowing Mother, Father, Brothers and Sisters.
From ‘Soldiers who died in the Great War 1914-19 – Part 49 The Sherwood Foresters’
TOWNSEND George, born Sutton-in-Ashfield, Notts., Enlisted Sutton-in-Ashfield (resides Sutton-in-Ashfield), 11th Bn. Sherwood Foresters (Notts & Derby) Corporal 15345, Killed in action, France & Flanders, 9th April 1917.
Research by Heather Faulkes