Kenneth Townsend
Memorial: Charfield - Wotton Road
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: 1939–45 Star, War Medal 1939–1945
Rank and number: Private
Parents: Thomas and Lilian Townsend
Home address: Charfield
Pre-war occupation: Schoolboy
Date of birth: 1927
Date of death: 1944
Buried/Commemorated at: He is buried in St John churchyard Boldre Hampshire and commemorated on Charfield memorial.
Age: 18
Further information:
Kenneth served in the 2nd Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Kenneth was the only son of a roadstone quarrier and the family previously lived in Bristol. By May of 1944 2,876,00 troops were assembled across the South of England in readiness for the D-Day landings and amongst them were the 2nd Gloucestershires. Kenneth was buried near the New Forest and his war record states that he was accidentally killed. He died during training before he could take his place in the D-Day operation.
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/
http://www.glosgen.co.uk/warmem/charfieldwm.htm
http://www.thenewforestguide.co.uk/history/new-forest-at-war/new-forest-d-day-1944/