For details of the all the medals awarded in World War I see the Townsley War Medals page
| World War I | ||||||
| First Names | Date of Death | Regiment | Number | Age | Notes | Memorial |
| A | 10 Aug 1921 | Royal Army Service Corps | T/40985 | 39 | Parents: R & Jane, Aberdeen. Wife: Charlotte, Berwick. Thought to be Ambrose (b 1881 Aberdeen) son of Robert & Jane. | Berwick St Mary War Memorial (South African Campaign) |
| Alfred Bean | 17 Jul 1917 | West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) | 265046 or 265040 | 27 | Parents: John Howgate & Sarah Ellen, Leeds. Wife:
Rebecca, Leeds. Brother of John Charles (see below) |
Arras, France |
| Ambrose | 20 Sep 1917 | Northumberland Fusiliers | 291148 | 17? | Born: Gateshead? Enlisted: Alnwick | Tyne Cot, Ypres & Berwick St Mary War Memorial |
| Andrew | 7 Jul 1921 | Australian Engineers | 10902 | Brisbane, Australia | ||
| Anthony | 18 Apr 1917 | Highland Light Infantry | 5842 | 21 or 27? | Born: Stenhousemuir Enlisted: Stirling. Possible son of John and Mary Townsley? | Cayeaux, France |
| Arthur | 5 May 1915 | Duke of Wellington's (West Yorkshire) | 11230 | 44 | Father: Frank. Wife: Margaret, Bramley, Leeds Born: Bingley | Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium |
| Arthur | 28 Mar 1918 | Northumberland Fusiliers | 41896 & 32660 | 33 | Parents: William & Jane, Leeds. Wife: Annie, Leeds Born: Wakefield | Pozieres, Albert, France & Bradshaw War Memorial ? |
| Arthur | 8 Aug 1918 or 20 Sep 1918 | The King's (Liverpool) | 94181 | 19 | Parents: David & Catherine. Born: Swansea | Cologne Southern, Germany |
| Bryan Hill | 14 Sep 1916 | West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) | Also under Canadian Expeditionary Force. Thought to be a son (b 1894) of Richard Herbert Townsley of Headingley, Leeds | Thiepval, Somme, France St Michael, Headingley Leeds Grammar School |
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| Charles | 23 Aug 1918 | Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders | S/17318 | 30 | Parents: John & Bella. Wife: Bella Williamson, Campbeltown, Argyll. Age also recorded as 24. | Vis-en-Artois, France |
| Ernest | 3 May 1917 | West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) | 32924 | Born: Leeds | Arras, France | |
| Ernest Arthur | 10 Oct 1916 | West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) | 13930 | 23 | Father: B, Monkwearmouth, Sunderland Born: Cawood. Parents thought to be Benjamin & Phoebe. | Thiepval, Albert, France |
| Frank J | 19 Aug 1917 | Worcestershire | 235181 | 39? | Born: Shipley | St Jean les Ypres, France Christ Church, Windhill |
| George | 9 Oct 1917 | West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) | 34452 | 26 | Parents: William & Mary Jane. Wife: Mary, Selby Born:
North Duffield. Thought to be brother of William (see below) |
Tyne Cot, Ypres, Belgium Skipwith War Memorial |
| George Robert | 26 Aug 1917 | South Lancashire | 36877 | 25? | Mother: Frances, Brotherton | Baghdad, Iraq |
| Hugh Dorsey | 28 Sep 1918 | Canadian Infantry (Alberta) | 808222 | 22 | Parents: Hugh & Ella of La Belle, Florida and Illinois,
USA Born: Orlando, Oklahoma, USA; son of Hugh M and Ella M (US citizens) |
Vimy, France |
| H A | 14 Oct 1918 | Royal Air Force | NoK: Headingley, Leeds. Probably Herbert Alan (b 1892), brother of Bryan Hill (see above) | Dadizeele, Ypres, Belgium St Michael, Headingley Leeds Grammar School |
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| John | 16 Nov 1915 | Cameronians (Scottish Rifles) | 16196 | Born: Longforgan Enlisted: Perth | Zillebeke, Ypres, Belgium | |
| John Charles | 31 Mar 1918 | West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) | 202902 | 22 | Parents: John Howgate & Sarah Ellen, Leeds. Brother of Alfred Bean (see above) | Martinsart, France |
| Joseph | 02 Mar 1916 | Duke of Wellington's (West Yorkshire) | 11499 | Born: Leeds | Menin Gate, Ypres, Belgium | |
| Moses | 12 Jul 1915 | King's Own Scottish Borderers | 4519 | 26 | Father: Thomas, Coldstream. Wife: Margaret E W, Coldstream Born: Tweedmouth | Gallipoli & Berwick St Mary War Memorial |
| Richard | 16 May 1916 | Lancashire Fusiliers | 7276 | 21 | Parents: Amos & Mary Ellen, Burnley. Born: Brierfield | Ecoivres, Mont St Eloy, France |
| Richard Smithies | 18 Sep 1918 | Lincolnshire | 49478 | 20 | Parents: Robert & Jane, Leeds | Gouzeaucourt, France |
| Robert | 13 Jul 1916 | West Yorkshire (Prince of Wales's Own) | 4/8292 | 22 | Parents: Robert & Margaret, Jarrow | St Sever, Rouen, France Crofton War Memorial? |
| Thomas | 29 Apr 1917 | Royal Berkshire | 33725 & 174090 | 22 | Parents: John & Elizabeth, Inverness | Arras, France |
| Walter | 11 Apr 1917 | Duke of Wellington's (West Yorkshire) | 24951 | 36 | Parents: George & Ann. Wife: Emma, Shipley Enlisted: Keighley | Roeux France St Paul, Shipley |
| William | 18 Apr 1917 | Highland Light Infantry | 42237 | abt 37 | Wife: Christiana (nee Johnston) - married 1904, Coldstream. Born: Tweedmouth | Peronne, France |
| William | 18 Mar 1918 | Royal Garrison Artillery | 69108 or 59108 | Born: North Duffield, Yorkshire Enlisted: Holborn, Middlesex. Thought to be brother of George with parents William & Mary Jane (see above) | Baghdad, Iraq Skipwith War Memorial |
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| William Osbourne | 15 Aug 1917 | Canadian Infantry (Quebec) | 1054561 | 22 | Parents: Alexander & Mary | Vimy, France |
| Willie | 1 Jun 1918 | King's Own Yorkshire Light Infantry | 18734 | 22 | Parents: Arthur & Annette, Batley. Born: Bradford Enlisted: Dewsbury | Etaples, France |
| W | ? | King's Own Scottish Borderers | Not recorded at CWGC - should be one of the 4 above | Berwick St Mary War Memorial | ||
| World War II | ||||||
| First Names | Date of Death | Regiment | Number | Age | Notes | Memorial |
| Andrew | 21 Oct 1944 | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) | 2757812 | 24 | Parents: Duncan & Betsy, Blairgowrie | Coriano Ridge, Italy |
| Alan | 17 Apr 1944 | Royal Airforce Volunteer Reserve | 2202697 | 19 | Parents: Thomas & Doris May, Leeds | Runnymede |
| Ambrose | 26 Jun 1944 | Royal Northumberland Fusiliers | 4265967 | 35 | Parents: Ambrose & Jean, Berwick | Kanchanaburi, Thailand |
| Alan Ronald | 29 Mar 1945 | 148th (The Bedfordshire Yeomanry) Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery | 24 | Parents: William Allen & Elizabeth Lilian, Vancouver. Wife: Helen Ruth, London | Groesbeek, Rhineland | |
| Charles | 17 Sep 1944 | Seaforth Highlanders of Canada | K/52269 | 38 | Parents: George & Hannah, Andover, New Brunswick | Coriano Ridge, Italy & Perth-Andover, New Brunswick, Canada |
| Duncan Peter Baynes | 27 Jan 1945 | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) | 2760607 | 31 | Possible link to Alexander & Annie Townsley of Rattray. Death registered Kilmarmock | Rattray, Perthshire, Scotland |
| Francis William | 7 Jun 1944 | Canadian Scottish Regiment, RCIC | K/57736 | 36 | Parents: William & Rachel. Wife: Mary, British Columbia | Beny-sur-Mer, Reviers, France |
| G | 4 May 1941 | Kenya Regiment | LF/1074 | Not traced - need name, age and / or place of birth | Nairobi, Kenya | |
| George Rankine | 21 Jan 1943 | Seaforth Highlanders | 2829155 | Thought to be a son (b 1923) of Archibald & Mary, Rutherglen, Lanarkshire | Tripoli, Libya | |
| Harold Linton | 7 Jan 1942 | Home Guard | Probably born 1900; son of Albert Edward & Alice (nee Linton) who also served in WW I | Nab Wood, Shipley, Yorkshire | ||
| Joseph | 19 Dec 1941 | Merchant Navy | SS Ruckinge (Cardiff) | Not traced - need age and / or place of birth | Tower Hill, London | |
| John | 10 May 1940 | Royal Air Force | 552526 | 18 | Son of Arthur Eben Townsley and Margaret Helen Townsley (nee Hanlon) of Kelton, Dumfriesshire | Jonkerbos, Netherlands |
| Robert | 22 Oct 1946 | Black Watch (Royal Highlanders) | 2827481 | Thought to be a son (b 1913) of Robert & Mary | Renfrew, Scotland | |
| Reginald James | 7 Jan 1944 | Royal Navy (HMS Tweed) | P/MX 70786 | 28 | Parents: William J & Mary J, Fulham | Portsmouth, Hampshire |
| William | 24 Nov 1940 | Royal Scots Fusiliers | D/34690 | 51 | Parents: William & Elizabeth, Kilmarnock | Kilmarnock, Scotland |
From the Commonwealth War
Graves Commission information, "Soldiers who Died in the First
World War" CD-ROM and personal research.
Sheekys who died in World War I and II
Strangeways who died in World War I and II
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