Name
Arthur Eric Townsend
Conflict
First World War
Date of Death / Age
15/02/1917
21
Rank, Service Number & Service Details
Second Lieutenant
Royal Flying Corps and Durham Light Infantry
5th Bn.
Awards: Service Medals/Honour Awards
Not Yet Researched
Cemetery/Memorial: Name/Reference/Country
CRUCIFIX CORNER CEMETERY, VILLERS-BRETONNEUX
III. A. 6.
France
UK & Other Memorials
Haileybury College Cloister Wall Memorial, Hertford Heath
Pre War
Born on 3 Nov 1895 in “Killora”, Normanby, Eston, Yorkshire son of Dr. Francis Edward Townsend and Annette Theresa (Steavenson) Townsend. Educated at Haileybury College 1910-11 and then worked in the Cargo Fleet Iron Works. He was unmarried.
Wartime Service
Enlisted in Aug 1914 in the East Riding Yeomanry and then obtained a commission in the Durham Light Infantry on 16 Nov 1914. He was invalided out due to repeat attacks of acute rheumatism. He returned to work at the Iron Works as a sub-manager but applied again and received a commission in the Royal Flying Corps on 8 Jun 1916. He entered France on 17 Jan 1917 and was killed in action on the Somme.
Additional Information
Brother of Lieutenant Francis Edward Steavenson Townsend who died at Abbeville on 30 Sep 1916.
Acknowledgments
Malcolm Lennox, Karen Smith - Acting Director of External Relations www.haileybury.com/honour
