Private 36877 6th Bn., South Lancashire Regiment
who died on Sunday, 26th August 1917
Brotherton War Memorial lists George and the others from the village who died. George was the son of Mrs. Frances Townsley of The Flatts, Henry St., Brotherton, Yorkshire.
Buried: BAGHDAD (North Gate) War Cemetery - Grave Reference: XVI/N/9. Baghdad (North Gate) War Cemetery is 800 metres beyond the North Gate of the City of Baghdad on the south-eastern side of the road to Baguba. The Cemetery contains graves from both World Wars. Within the cemetery is the Baghdad (North Gate- Khanaquin) Memorial.
Brotherton was the home village for several branches of the Townsley family tree; including that of another George Townsley - my great-grandfather.
From the Commonwealth War Graves Commission information, "Soldiers who Died in the First World War" CD-ROM and personal research.