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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Townsend Raymond
|Army number=14585121
|Rank=Pte
|Age=0
|Unit=General Service Corps, enlistment date not known, Trf South Wales Borderers, date not known, Trf Durham Light Infantry 1/7/1944, Posted 10th Bn DLI, Posted ? Bn DLI, Trf Royal Army Service Corps 16/12/1945,
|Joined Brigade=01-Jul-44
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Decorations=None known so far.
 |Age=74 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Conscripted into the General Service Corps March 1943.  Basic Training at Colchester Primary Training Centre.  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).  Returned to the UK for convalescence and was struck off the strength of 21st Army Group 4/12/1944 while at West Hartlepool (possibly with DLI Home Service or Holding Battalion).  Posted to India - arrived 24/7/1945.  Declared unfit for an Infantry role  due to wounds sustained.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 16/12/1945.  Posted to Burma 13/11/1946.   Posted Singapore - stationed at Changi.   Ran the club at Changi Airport.  Returned to the UK and released from service at Bristol 24/11/1947.
+|Unit=Conscripted into the General Service Corps March 1943.  Basic Training at Colchester Primary Training Centre.  Transferred into the South Wales Borderers 15/4/1943.  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).  Returned to the UK for convalescence and was struck off the strength of 21st Army Group 4/12/1944 while at West Hartlepool (possibly with DLI Home Service or Holding Battalion).  Posted to India - arrived 24/7/1945.  Declared unfit for an Infantry role  due to wounds sustained.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 16/12/1945.  Posted to Burma 13/11/1946.   Posted Singapore - stationed at Changi.   Ran the club at Changi Airport.  Returned to the UK and released from service at Bristol 24/11/1947.
 |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=Lance Corporal 7/1/1944.  Sergeant 12/5/1946.
+|Promotions=Lance Corporal 7/1/1944.  Sergeant 12/5/1946.  Temporary Staff Sergeant while serving at Mingaldon, Burma.
-|Wounded=Yes, twice.  Firstly on 11/7/1944 near Caen in the same action as Captain Webster.  Secondly on 4/9/1944 (shrapnel wound to right knee) after the disbandment of 10th Battalion while serving with ?.
+|Wounded=Yes, twice.  Firstly on 11/7/1944 near Caen in the same action as Captain Webster.  Secondly on 4/9/1944 (shrapnel wound to right knee) after the disbandment of 10th Battalion while serving with ? Bn DLI.
 |Died/Killed in action=Died 30/3/1999 aged 74 at Bristol.  Buried in Keynsham Cemetery.
 |Home address=Son of George Edward (11/7/1894 - 1968) and Rosina (22/6/1892 - 1979) Townsend (nee Nicholls).  At the time of the 1939 General Register, the family were living at 46, Ripon Road, Bristol.  George was a Haulier (horse and cart - heavy worker) and Rosina was a Frier for Smith's Crisps.  Raymond worked in the Cake Department of a Bakehouse.  In Q1 1948 Raymond married Florence May Light (1926 - 2016) at Bristol.  At the time, Raymond was working as a Coal Man and living at 5, New George Street, Bristol and Florence was living at 6, Stephen Street.  Raymond subsequently qualified as a Motor Mechanic from April 1951.

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 |Decorations=None known so far.
 |Age=74 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Conscripted into the General Service Corps March 1943.  Basic Training at Colchester Primary Training Centre.  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).  Returned to the UK for convalescence and was struck of the strength of 21st Army Group 4/12/1944 while at West Hartlepool (possibly with DLI Home Service Battalion).  Posted to India - arrived 24/7/1945.  Declared unfit for an Infantry role  due to wounds sustained.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 16/12/1945.  Posted to Burma 13/11/1946.   Posted Singapore - stationed at Changi.   Ran the club at Changi Airport.  Returned to the UK and released from service at Bristol 24/11/1947.
+|Unit=Conscripted into the General Service Corps March 1943.  Basic Training at Colchester Primary Training Centre.  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).  Returned to the UK for convalescence and was struck off the strength of 21st Army Group 4/12/1944 while at West Hartlepool (possibly with DLI Home Service or Holding Battalion).  Posted to India - arrived 24/7/1945.  Declared unfit for an Infantry role  due to wounds sustained.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 16/12/1945.  Posted to Burma 13/11/1946.   Posted Singapore - stationed at Changi.   Ran the club at Changi Airport.  Returned to the UK and released from service at Bristol 24/11/1947.
 |Company/Battery=10th Battalion - A Company, commanded by Captain Webster.
 |Platoon or other sub-unit=Lieutenant Suffron's Platoon.

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 |Army number=14585121
 |Rank=Pte
-|Date of birth=19/3/1925
+|Date of birth=19/3/1925 - living at 4 Union Road, Bristol.
 |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.
+|Unit=Conscripted into the General Service Corps March 1943.  Basic Training at Colchester Primary Training Centre.  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).  Returned to the UK for convalescence and was struck of the strength of 21st Army Group 4/12/1944 while at West Hartlepool (possibly with DLI Home Service Battalion).  Posted to India - arrived 24/7/1945.  Declared unfit for an Infantry role  due to wounds sustained.  Transferred to the Royal Army Service Corps 16/12/1945.  Posted to Burma 13/11/1946.   Posted Singapore - stationed at Changi.   Ran the club at Changi Airport.  Returned to the UK and released from service at Bristol 24/11/1947.
 |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.
+|Promotions=Lance Corporal 7/1/1944.  Sergeant 12/5/1946.
-|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 ?.
+|Wounded=Yes, twice.  Firstly on 11/7/1944 near Caen in the same action as Captain Webster.  Secondly on 4/9/1944 (shrapnel wound to right knee) after the disbandment of 10th Battalion while serving with ?.
-|Died/Killed in action=Died 30/3/1999 aged 74.
+|Died/Killed in action=Died 30/3/1999 aged 74 at Bristol.  Buried in Keynsham Cemetery.
-|Home address=Son of George and Rosina Townsend.  Lived at St. Anne's. Bristol.
+|Home address=Son of George Edward (11/7/1894 - 1968) and Rosina (22/6/1892 - 1979) Townsend (nee Nicholls).  At the time of the 1939 General Register, the family were living at 46, Ripon Road, Bristol.  George was a Haulier (horse and cart - heavy worker) and Rosina was a Frier for Smith's Crisps.  Raymond worked in the Cake Department of a Bakehouse.  In Q1 1948 Raymond married Florence May Light (1926 - 2016) at Bristol.  At the time, Raymond was working as a Coal Man and living at 5, New George Street, Bristol and Florence was living at 6, Stephen Street.  Raymond subsequently qualified as a Motor Mechanic from April 1951.
 |Image Name=Townsend_Raymond.jpg
 |Image Title=Private Raymond Townsend - 10th DLI

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 |Decorations=None known so far.
 |Age=74 at the time of his death.
-|Unit=Conscripted into the General Service Corps March 1943.  Enlisted in 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.
+|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.
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 |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=
+|Image Name=Townsend_Raymond.jpg
-|Image Title=
+|Image Title=Private Raymond Townsend - 10th DLI
 |Source table=10DLI
 }}