Leicestershire War Memorials

Corporal Joseph Towers, 46714

Batt - 8
Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
Section -

Date of Birth -
Died - 16/08/1917
Age - 29

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Source: Michael Doyle Their Name Liveth For Evermore: The Great War Roll of Honour for Leicestershire and Rutland.
He was the son of Joseph, and the late Mary Ann Towers of Salem Road, Burbage, Leics., and the husband of Elizabeth Towers.

Leicestershire Project Findings

Conflict - World War I
Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
Burial Place - Panel 19 To 23 And 162, Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
Birth Place - Burbage

Research from Michael Doyle's Their Name Liveth For Evermore

Unit - Northumberland Fusiliers
Former Unit - Leicestershire Regiment
Cause of death - KILLED IN ACTION
Burial Commemoration - Tyne Cot Mem., Zonnebeke, West Vlaanderen, Belgium
Born - Burbage, Leics
Enlisted - Hinckley, Leics
Place of Residence - 12 Horsepool, Burbage, Leicestershire, England
Memorial - BURBAGE MEM., LEICS

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