BORN HULL 1894. SON OF CHARLES SMITH TOWNEND (1870-1908) AND MARTHA ANN SAUNDERS (1872-1934), OF 6, TEMPERENCE BUILDINGS, SWANN STREET, HULL. AN EARLES, SHIPYARD WORKER.
HE MARRIED JANE ELIZABETH GARVEY (1893-1972), ON 22/03/1913, AT ST CHARLES BORROMEO CHURCH, HULL. THEY HAD TWO CHILDREN, GERTRUDE AND WALTER (DIED ON 28/09/1916). RESIDED AT 101, YORK STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION ADDRESS).
HE ENLISTED AT HULL. SERVED WITH THE 12TH WEST YORKSHIRE REGIMENT. HE WAS REPORTED MISSING AND THEN KILLED IN ACTION, AT THE BATTLE OF LOOS, ON 27/09/1915, AGED 23. HE IS COMMEMORATED ON THE LOOS MEMORIAL, FRANCE.
HIS DEATH WAS REPORTED IN THE HULL DAILY MAIL, ON 30/03/1916. * HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT TO HIS WIDOW, JANE E. (KEABLE) AND TWO CHILDREN.
HIS NAME IS RECORDED ON THE ST CHARLES’ BORROMEO CHURCH WW1 MEMORIAL, JARRATT STREET, HULL.
HE LEFT ONLY BROTHER, CHARLES WILLIAM TOWNEND, AND THREE SISTERS, ALICE, GERTRUDE AND ETHEL.
HIS WIDOW, JANE, MARRIED A DISCHARGED SOLDIER, PRIVATE, THOMAS KEABLE, 8550, EYR, ON 02/09/1916 AND MOVED TO 27, BARMSTON STREET, HULL (WAR PENSION RECORDS)
