Henry Victor Townsend

Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church

Regiment: Derbyshire Yeomanry Royal Armoured Corps

Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945

Rank and number: Trooper

Parents: Henry John and Mabel Elizabeth Townsend

Marital status: Single

Home address: Parents; 45, Willis Road Birmingham Henry: 42 Tenby Street Birmingham

Pre-war occupation: Builders Labourer

Date of birth: 13/02/1907

Date of death: 16/05/1941

Buried/Commemorated at: Buried Wickwar New Burial Ground where he is commemorated.

Age: 34

Further information:

Son of a railway porter, he was the youngest child in the family with 1 step-brother, 2 brothers and 3 sisters. He lived with Emily Holdom a widowed shopkeeper, to whom he bequeathed his estate, and was stationed in Wickwar where he died in a road accident.

By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):

This information has been provided by Sarah Hands, Volunteer Researcher for the South Gloucestershire War Memorials Web Site.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
https://www.cwgc.org/
https://www.ancestry.co.uk/
https://www.forces-war-records.co.uk/