South Warwickshire Family History Society War Memorial Transcription Project

Men of RWRRWRlest we forget2tower poppiesThe Battle of the Somme film image1 3gallipoli

 The Fallen Men of South Warwickshire - World War One


Private 23152 Henry Arthur Jubilee TOWNSEND - 2nd/7th Battalion Royal Warwickshire Regiment


Died of Wounds on Thursday December 6th, 1917 aged 30


Military History

   
Theatre of WarMedalsCommonwealth War Grave or Memorial
France and Flanders British War & Victory Medals Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery  
     
Arrived in TheatreMedal Citation (if app)SWFHS Area Memorials
After June 1916  ~ Tysoe & Compton Wyngates
     
Action, Battle or Other Reason KilledDate and Place EnlistedOther War Memorials
Battle of Cambrai After June 1916 Fenny Compton  
     
Place of DeathPrevious Regiments or Units  
21st or 48th CCS, Ytres ~  
     

Circumstances Leading to Death (Normally from War Diary)           

It is not clear on which day Arthur was wounded, in the days prior to his death the battalion were in the Welsh Ridge Sector of the Hindenburg Line and suffered casualties in the days prior 21st or 48th Casualty Clearing Station at Ytres which used Rocquigny-Equancourt Road British Cemetery.

 Personal & Family History

 

Birth Date/PlaceBapitsm Date/Place
Apr Qtr 1887 at Tysoe 29 May 1887 at Tysoe
   
Parents NamesParents Abode
Henry and Hannah Townsend Epwell Road, Tysoe
   
Wife & Marriage Date/PlaceChildren & Year of Birth
Christabel Townsend nee Bloxham                William Alfred Leonard Townsend born 28 Feb 1915
Apr Qtr 1914 in Shipston District  
   
SchoolsColleges
  ~
   
Address HistoryEmployment History                       
1891 - Tysoe 1901 - Agricultural Labourer
1901 - Epwell Road, Tysoe 1911 - Farm Labourer
1911 - Upper Tysoe  
1917 - Upper Tysoe  Member of Tysoe Fire Brigade