Captain Francis Whitchurch Townend
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PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Townend,
Francis Whitchurch
Date of birth: 1885-07-10
Place of birth: Canada
Next of kin: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Marital status: no data
Date of death:
1915-03-28
Cause of death:
Died of wounds
Buried:
Bethune Town Cemetery, II. B. 10.
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Captain
Rank detail
Captain (British Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
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CWGC ID: 61608
Uploader's Notes:
Captain Townend, born at Halifax, Nova Scotia, son of the late Rev. Alfred John Townend, Chaplain of the Forces, and of Mrs. Margaret Wiseman Townend, of Sunnyside, Camberley, and grandson of the late Mr. W.J. Stairs, of Nova Scotia.
Graduated from the Royal Miltary Acadamy and promoted to Second Lieutenant 21 Jan. 1904
Promoted to Lieutenant, Royal Corps of Engineers, vice L. C. A. de B. Doucet. Dated 24th September, 1906.
Appears to have played test cricket in India in 1908/09.
Uploader's Research notes: Information below from the CWGC entry and London Times of Thursday, April 1, 1915, page 4 in the Deaths column
Service information fron London Gazette
[Captain British Army Royal Engineers 35th Signals Company ]
Service information fron London Gazette
[Captain British Army Royal Engineers 35th Signals Company ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2006-09-29