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Gnr. Townsend, Frederick John

Gunner

Date of Birth: 16/4/1880, Bermondsey, London (CENS)
Occupation: Copper Worker (CENS)
Enlisted - Date: 1915
Other service: 168298, Gnr, RFA
Demobilised: 27/9/1919
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 16/4/1880, Bermondsey, London. Parents -

1901 -

Married

1911 - 85 Colbourne Terrace, Swansea. 30yo. Occ-Sulphate Of Copper Maker, Copper Wks. W wife, Martha & 4 children

1921 - 58 Carmarthen Rd, Swansea. 41y2m. Occ-Copper Worker, William Foster, Morfa Copper Wks, Swansea. W wife Martha Ann & 5 children

1939 - 58 Carmarthen Rd, Swansea. DOB 16/4/1880. Occ-Furniture Porter. W Martha A & Gerard (1915)

1950 - Died aged 70, 12 Dec 1950, 111 Carmarthen Rd, Swansea. Effects to Martha A

- Buried St Peters, Cockett. 14 Dec 1950. Add-58 Carmarthen Rd, Swansea.

Address:
58 Carmarthen Rd
Swansea (PENS)

Military Service

No SR or Brig Serv No

Enl likely 1915, likely Swansea

Likely 2nd Line

Transferred from 2nd Line to 4A Res Bde, Regular Army, Woolwich, 7 Sep 1916 - 168298

Disch 27/9/1919, Malaria & Debility, Mil Pens

Disabilities (Pens): Malaria & Debility
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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