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IN MEMORy by Pierre Vandervelden

The visit of Commonwealth graves in Communals Cemeteries & Churchyards in Belgium & France

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CAYEUX Military Cemetery (Somme France)

Photo Courtesy Mick McCann & Anthony Bagshaw
Photo Courtesy Jim Corkery (UK)
Pte Anthony Townsley 23/11/1896 - 18/04/1917
He was born to John and Mary Townsley in Stenhousemuir, Scotland.
He was the third child (the first of two sons) in a family of seven.
Anthony enlisted in Alloa, Scotland in 1915.
He died of his wounds.
Left, among his effects was a postcard from his Regiment, The Highland Light Infantry (City of Glasgow).
for his Nephew Sandy Townsley's twin daughters and all the family from Stirling in Scotland

102 casualties

AMIR MUHAMMAD
Indian Daffadar 2782 11th King Edward's Own Lancers (Probyn's Horse)02/04/1917 I. E. 16.
ANDERSON GEORGE SMALL
United Kingdom Private 23053Highland Light Infantry02/04/1917 Age: 19 I. A. 11.
BENNINGTON TOM
United Kingdom Private 36232Yorkshire Regiment18/04/1917 I. C. 12.
BLACKIE ALBERT FERGUSON
United Kingdom Captain Highland Light Infantry17/04/1917 Age: 37 I. D. 2.
BOWDELL A A
United Kingdom Private 38062Lancashire Fusiliers23/04/1917 Age: 22 I. D. 4.
BOXALL FRANK
United Kingdom Sapper 100812Royal Engineers04/04/1917 Age: 36 I. B. 2.
BREWER ARTHUR WALTER JOHN
United Kingdom Rifleman C/3410King's Royal Rifle Corps21/10/1916 Age: 19 I. F. 5.
BUCKLEY G W R
United Kingdom Private 20830Lancashire Fusiliers01/04/1917 I. A. 10.
CAIRNS J
United Kingdom Private 35674Highland Light Infantry28/03/1917 I. A. 5.
CARLILE J
United Kingdom Corporal 15156Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)27/03/1918 I. E. 6/9.
CHAMBERS JOHN ROBERT
United Kingdom Corporal 23530King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry10/04/1917 Age: 37 I. C. 4.
CHAPLIN HERBERT
United Kingdom Private CH/12437Royal Marine Light Infantry13/11/1916 Age: 32 III. C. 1.
CHATTEN THOMAS
United Kingdom Private 9128Royal Warwickshire Regiment21/11/1916 Age: 30 II. C. 2.
CLARK W T
United Kingdom Private 20882Bedfordshire Regiment05/04/1918 Age: 38 II. B. 17.
CLAXTON J
United Kingdom Private 40374Northumberland Fusiliers18/04/1917 Age: 24 I. C. 11.
COLLIER F
United Kingdom Private 306965Royal Warwickshire Regiment19/04/1917 I. D. 8.
COWAN WILLIAM WILSON
United Kingdom Lieutenant Royal Flying Corps14/04/1917 Age: 24 I. C. 3.
COWING J
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 15548Border Regiment18/04/1917 I. E. 4.
CRANMER E R
United Kingdom Private 306870Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)13/04/1917 I. C. 8.
CRISP WILLIAM JOHN
United Kingdom Private 200267Northumberland Fusiliers14/11/1916 Age: 22 II. A. 5.
CROZIER G
United Kingdom Rifleman 1195Royal Irish Rifles02/07/1916 III. A. 24.
CURTIS A
United Kingdom Private 28280Border Regiment02/04/1917 I. A. 12.
DALY A
United Kingdom Private 41591Highland Light Infantry23/04/1917 Age: 23 I. D. 5.
DAVIES SAM
United Kingdom Private 261Army Cyclist Corps31/03/1917 Age: 27 I. A. 7.
DEAN JOHN NELSON
United Kingdom Private 81373Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)03/05/1917 Age: 23 I. E. 2.
DOUGLAS A
United Kingdom Corporal 33133Border Regiment01/04/1917 Age: 22 I. A. 8.
DRYSDALE ALEXANDER NICHOLSON
United Kingdom Captain Highland Light Infantry15/04/1917 Age: 33 I. D. 1.
EVANS LLEWELYN
United Kingdom Private 39061Royal Welsh Fusiliers27/10/1916 Age: 21 II. C. 11.
FAIREY A F
United Kingdom Rifleman B/203646Rifle Brigade28/03/1918 I. E. 6/9.
FLEMING A
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 15586Highland Light Infantry07/04/1917 I. B. 12.
FORREST A G
United Kingdom Lance Corporal S/8066Seaforth Highlanders19/07/1916 III. A. 8.
GAMBLE THOMAS
United Kingdom Able Seaman Clyde Z/4951Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve13/11/1916 III. C. 2.
GEOGHEGAN WILLIAM GEORGE RICHARD
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers13/04/1917 Age: 20 I. C. 2.
GOODE S M
United Kingdom Corporal 241288Gloucestershire Regiment14/04/1917 I. C. 9.
GOODWIN J
United Kingdom Private 4884Army Cyclist Corps28/03/1917 I. A. 4.
GOURLIE ALLAN JACKSON
United Kingdom Private 27234Highland Light Infantry06/04/1917 Age: 33 I. B. 7.
HAINES J
United Kingdom Serjeant 491Royal Warwickshire Regiment21/11/1916 Age: 27 II. C. 1.
HANNA S
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 16571Royal Irish Rifles01/07/1916 III. A. 16.
HARDY FRED
United Kingdom Private 32599Lancashire Fusiliers28/04/1917 Age: 37 I. D. 13.
HARRIS ARTHUR
United Kingdom Private 30882Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)27/03/1918 Age: 25 I. E. 6/9.
HAWKINS E
United Kingdom Private 28098Middlesex Regiment26/09/1916 Age: 19 III. A. 15.
HINDS G W
United Kingdom Private 1585Lincolnshire Regiment01/07/1916 Age: 19 III. D. 4.
HODGEN WILLIAM
United Kingdom Rifleman 3129Royal Irish Rifles02/07/1916 Age: 22 III. A. 4.
HOMER JOHN WILFRED
United Kingdom Private 202807West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)28/09/1916 Age: 21 I. F. 20.
HORTON JAMES WILLIAM
United Kingdom Serjeant 14959Cheshire Regiment09/10/1916 Age: 19 III. A. 23.
HOYLE JAMES
United Kingdom Private 57606Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)04/04/1917 Age: 26 I. B. 6.
HUGHES THOMAS
United Kingdom Private 30884Highland Light Infantry05/04/1917 Age: 31 I. B. 10.
ISON J W
United Kingdom Private 267964Royal Warwickshire Regiment17/04/1917 Age: 18 I. C. 13.
IZOD WILLIAM JOHN
United Kingdom Private DM2/221310Army Service Corps10/08/1918 Age: 32 I. E. 11.
JACKSON EDWARD A.
United Kingdom Lance Corporal M2/222547Army Service Corps10/08/1918 Age: 31 I. E. 10.
JOHNSON J M
United Kingdom Private 40401Northumberland Fusiliers28/04/1917 Age: 19 I. D. 12.
KEATES C H
United Kingdom Private 204202East Yorkshire Regiment08/06/1918 II. A. 20.
KERSHAW R
United Kingdom Private 21078Lancashire Fusiliers24/04/1917 I. D. 10.
KINSELLA J
United Kingdom Private 29441Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers03/04/1917 I. A. 13.
KIRKUP WILLIAM NORMAN
United Kingdom Private 32854East Yorkshire Regiment08/06/1918 Age: 20 II. B. 5.
LEA H
United Kingdom Private 34445Manchester Regiment01/05/1917 I. D. 14.
LIVINGSTONE G
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 15164Royal Irish Rifles02/07/1916 Age: 28 II. C. 16.
MAIDENS F
United Kingdom Private 34263Northumberland Fusiliers05/04/1917 Age: 23 I. B. 9.
MASSEY P S G
United Kingdom Private 36070Lancashire Fusiliers03/05/1917 I. E. 1.
McCORD J
United Kingdom Lance Serjeant 12886Highland Light Infantry12/04/1917 Age: 26 I. C. 6.
McDONALD D
United Kingdom Petty Officer Clyde Z/2016Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve13/11/1916 I. F. 16.
McGHIE D
United Kingdom Private 42283Highland Light Infantry05/04/1917 I. B. 5.
McGUIRE J
United Kingdom Private 15922King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry06/04/1917 I. B. 14.
MELVILLE W
United Kingdom Serjeant 2374Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers04/04/1917 I. B. 3.
MILLAR J S
United Kingdom Serjeant 41992Highland Light Infantry18/04/1917 I. D. 7.
MOLLOY M
United Kingdom Private 26185Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers03/04/1917 Age: 18 I. A. 14.
MONTGOMERY W P
United Kingdom Private 35061Highland Light Infantry05/04/1917 I. B. 8.
MORSE F W
United Kingdom Private 200884Gloucestershire Regiment15/08/1916 Age: 24 II. B. 10.
MURRELL HENRY GEORGE
United Kingdom Private 13755Machine Gun Corps (Infantry)27/07/1916 Age: 23 III. A. 7.
NEWMAN HENRY JOHN
United Kingdom Sapper 71478Royal Engineers26/03/1917 I. A. 3.
PALMER JOHN WILLIAM
United Kingdom Gunner 889590Royal Field Artillery23/03/1917 I. A. 1.
PARTRIDGE HOWARD
United Kingdom Private 263054Worcestershire Regiment06/04/1917 Age: 20 I. B. 11.
PEARCE EDGAR FREDERICK
United Kingdom Gunner 318794Royal Garrison Artillery07/04/1917 I. B. 15.
PETTITT W J
United Kingdom Private 45895Lincolnshire Regiment04/05/1917 I. E. 3.
PORTMAN BERT WILLIAM
United Kingdom Corporal 306364Royal Warwickshire Regiment01/04/1917 Age: 25 I. A. G.
PREESTON PHILIP SOUTHWELL
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Royal Field Artillery28/03/1918 Age: 34 II. C. 1A.
RAMSDEN L
United Kingdom Private 25756King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry19/04/1917 Age: 26 I. D. 6.
RUSSELL W
United Kingdom Private 3444Seaforth Highlanders15/11/1916 II. B. 3.
SAMPSON WILLIAM FREDERICK
United Kingdom Private 8356 6th Dragoon Guards (Carabiniers)01/04/1918 II. A. 10.
SHAW G
United Kingdom Private 39711King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry11/04/1917 I. C. 5.
SIDDALL W
United Kingdom Private 73728Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)27/03/1918 I. E. 15.
SMITH R T
United Kingdom Private 31439Lancashire Fusiliers04/04/1917 I. B. 1.
SMITH T
United Kingdom Private 13956Highland Light Infantry18/04/1917 Age: 29 I. C. 10.
SMITHSON CHARLES EDWARD
United Kingdom Private 18839Yorkshire Regiment30/09/1916 Age: 30 III. A. 2.
SPRAGG B
United Kingdom Private 19172Dorsetshire Regiment11/01/1917 II. A. 19.
STEPHENS J
United Kingdom Private 202158Royal Berkshire Regiment26/03/1917 I. A. 2.
SUGGETT CHARLES EDWARD
United Kingdom Lance Corporal 16/1399Northumberland Fusiliers06/04/1917 Age: 31 I. B. 13.
TAYLOR GEORGE FREDERICK
United Kingdom Private 33540Border Regiment05/04/1917 Age: 39 I. B. 4.
THORNE A L
United Kingdom Flight Sub-Lieutenant Royal Naval Air Service09/04/1917 I. C. 1.
TILBROOK HERBERT JAMES
United Kingdom Private 25485Bedfordshire Regiment05/04/1918 Age: 25 II. B. 16.
TOWNSLEY A
United Kingdom Private 5842Highland Light Infantry18/04/1917 I. C. 14.
UNDERWOOD FRANCIS
United Kingdom Second Lieutenant Queen's Own (Royal West Kent Regiment)18/04/1917 Age: 27 I. D. 3.
VENTRIS-FIELD B F
United Kingdom Private 41032Gloucestershire Regiment04/05/1917 Age: 21 I. E. 5.
WALLACE R
United Kingdom Private 16/702Northumberland Fusiliers12/04/1917 I. C. 7.
WAREING DANIEL
United Kingdom Private 34410Lancashire Fusiliers03/04/1917 Age: 38 I. A. 15.
WATSON J
United Kingdom Corporal 43017Highland Light Infantry31/03/1917 I. A. 6.
WEBB WILLIAM GEORGE HERBERT
United Kingdom Private 203587Gloucestershire Regiment26/04/1917 Age: 31 I. D. 9.
WHITE THOMAS DAVID McGREGOR
United Kingdom Private 42271Highland Light Infantry04/04/1917 Age: 28 I. B. 1.
WILLIAMS CHARLES EDWARD
United Kingdom Private 260194Gloucestershire Regiment27/03/1918 Age: 32 I. E. 6/9.
WRIGHTON A T
United Kingdom Private 14421Hampshire Regiment03/09/1916 Age: 37 I. F. 13.
WYER HENRY GEORGE
United Kingdom Corporal 668North Somerset Yeomanry24/09/1916 Age: 27 I. F. 19.
YOUNG G
United Kingdom Private 9759Dorsetshire Regiment27/04/1917 I. D. 11.

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