Roll of Honour - Lincolnshire - Aisthorpe (St Peter)

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AISTHORPE (ST. PETER) WAR MEMORIAL

World War 1 & Boxer Rebellion - Roll of Honour with detailed information
Compiled and Copyright © Michael Peck 2018

The memorial stands in the grounds of St Peter Churchyard, Aisthorpe. It commemorates two brothers, one died as a result of the Boxer Rebellion 1900 and the other during World War 1. The stone is partially unreadable.

IN LOVING MEMORY OF
WILLIAM EWAN TOWNSEND
BORN AT YOKAHAMA JAPAN. 19 FEBRUARY 1879
DIED AT THE SAME PLACE 23 SEPTEMBER 1900
AFTER BEING WOUNDED AT THE SIEGE OF PEKING
AGED 21 YEARS.
ALSO OF HIS BROTHER SIDNEY JOHN TOWNSEND
BORN AT NEW YORK 19 MARCH 188(…)
KILLED (…) (…) AT YPRES BELGIUM (…) (…) (…)
AGED 31 YEARS

TOWNSEND

Sidney John

Second Lieutenant. 2nd Life Guards. Killed by ‘Minenwerfen’ shell 13th May 1915, aged 31 years. Son of Alfred Markham and Mary Alice Townsend of 29 Palace Gate, Kensington, London. Born 19th March 1884 Garden City, Long Island, USA (as census). Commemorated Ypres (Menin Gate) Memorial. Panel 3.

BOX REBELLION 1900

TOWNSEND

William Ewan

Student Interpreter, British Legation, Peking. Died of wounds 23 September 1900 in Yokohama, Japan from wounds received at the Siege of Peking. Aged 21. Born Yokohama, Japan.

Extract from Homeward Mail From India, China And The East 26 November 1900, page 29:

Townsend-Sept. 23, at Yokohama, W. Ewen Townsend, student-interpreter, British Legation, Pekin, aged 21.

Last updated 10 March, 2025

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