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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Townsend Raymond
|Army number=14585121
|Rank=Pte
|Date of birth=19/3/1925
|Decorations=None known so far.
|Age=74 at the time of his death.
|Unit=Conscripted into the General Service Corps March 1943.  Transferred into the South Wales Borderers 15/4/1943.  Probably posted to the Brecknockshire Battalion.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry 1/7/1944 and posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - joined 4/7/1944.   Posted ? Bn DLI after the Battalion was disbanded (to be ascertained).  Served India and Burma.  Declared unfit for an Infantry role  due to wounds sustained.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 16/12/1945.  Ran the club at Changi Airport.
|Company/Battery=10th Battalion - A Company, commanded by Captain Webster.
|Platoon or other sub-unit=Lieutenant Suffron's Platoon.
|Task or role=Infantryman.
|Joined Brigade=01-Jul-44.
|Promotions=None known so far.
|Wounded=Yes, twice.  Firstly on 11/7/1944 near Caen in the same action as Captain Webster.  Secondly on 4/9/1944 after the disbandment of 10th Battalion while serving with ?.
|Died/Killed in action=Died 30/3/1999 aged 74.
|Home address=Son of George and Rosina Townsend.  Lived at St. Anne's. Bristol.
|Image Name=Townsend_Raymond.jpg
|Image Title=Private Raymond Townsend - 10th DLI
|Source table=10DLI
}}

Sincere thanks are due to Paul Townsend for the information on his late father and his unit, together with his photograph.