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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Townsend Harry
|Army number=4452341
|Rank=L/Cpl
|Age=0
|Unit=Durham Light Infantry, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Iceland?, Posted 1/5th Bn DLI - 54th Searchlight Regiment TA, Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 2/5/1945.
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Army number=4452341
 |Rank=Lance Corporal.
-|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry, probably late 1938 or early 1939.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - possibly 1/9/1939.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.?  Evacuated via Dunkirk?  Served Iceland? Posted to the 1/5th Bn DLI - which became the 54th Searchlight Regiment TA.  Posted back to the 6th Battalion DLI.  Served Normandy.  Wounded 10/9/1944.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 2/5/1945 as unfit for further service following his wounding.
+|Unit=Enlisted in The Durham Light Infantry (TA), probably late 1938 or early 1939.  Posted to the 6th Battalion.  Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI - possibly 1/9/1939.  Served in Northern France with the B.E.F.?  Evacuated via Dunkirk?  Served Iceland?  Posted to the 1/5th Battalion DLI - which became the 54th Searchlight Regiment TA.  Posted back to the 6th Battalion DLI - date not yet known.  Served Normandy.  Wounded by shrapnel 10/9/1944.  Discharged under King's Regulations 1940 Para 390 (xvi) 2/5/1945 as unfit for further service following his wounding.
 |Source table=10DLI
 |Decorations=None known beyond Service Awards.
-|Date of birth=February 1921.
+|Date of birth=2nd February 1921.  Auckland District.  Mother's maiden surname Kay.
-|Age=(At time of death).  Not yet ascertained.
+|Age=At the time of his death he was 66.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Not yet known.
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 |Joined Brigade=Possibly 1/9/1939.
 |Promotions=Lance Corporal.
-|Wounded=Yes - with 6th Battalion 10/9/1944.
+|Wounded=Yes - while with 6th Battalion 10/9/1944 according to Casualty returns at The National Archives.
 |Prisoner of War=No.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet confirmed.
+|Died/Killed in action=Death registered March 1987, Durham West, aged 66.
-|Home address=No family information as yet.
+|Home address=Lived at Escomb, Bishop Auckland, County Durham.  Married Thora A Dedman Q1 1943, Durham Western.
 }}

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 {{Personnel
-|Surname and forenames=Townsend Harry
+|Surname and forenames=Townsend Harry (Henry)
 |Army number=4452341
 |Rank=Lance Corporal.