12th Divisional Signals Company, R.E.

Awarded the Military Medal in the London Gazette of 11 February 1919. Awarded a bar to his Military Medal in the London Gazette of 14 May 1919.

Townson was a native of Colne, Lancashire.

The Burnley Express and Colne and Nelson Times of 30 November 1918, reported, COLNE MILTARY MEDALLISTS.