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Military service
Service number:
11173
Age:
28
Rank:
Private
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
4th Bn.
Birth:
August 19, 1888
Death:
August 18, 1917
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Son of Elliot and Maggie Towland, of 5, Aitkenhead Rd., Govanhill, Glasgow, Scotland.
Digital gallery of Private Robert Towland
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Memorial
His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial. Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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Private Robert Towland
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 340 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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