Memorial

Private S Townshend

The gravestone

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Current Location

St Helens Cemetery , Sect. 01.496, Rainford Road, or Hard Lane , St Helens , St Helens, Merseyside, WA10 6DF , England

SJ 49855 96993

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Type of Memorial: Addition to gravestone
WMR Reference Number: 102895
Description: Nowy arched granite headstone with scrolled shoulders and cutaway sides, with patterns and leaves etched around the incised inscription panel.
Inscription: .../ Pte. Sam Townshend,/ their beloved son/ Lost in Action in the/ Dardanelles on HMS Goliath/ May 15th 1915, Aged 18 years./ "Asleep in the deep."

War: First World War (1914-1918)
Number Commemorated: 1
Died: 1
Information shown: Rank, forename, surname, relationship, manner, location, and date of death, age
Order of names: As above

Gravestone

Made from: Granite

Condition: Good