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Sapper WILLIAM JOHN POYNTER

Service Number: 43822
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

20th Div. Signal Coy.

Date of Death

Died 22 July 1916

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY

VIII. C. 43A.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Thomas and Louisa Poynter; husband of Frances May Poynter, of Leamington Spa.
  • Personal Inscription ONWARD GO, THE VICTORY LIES IN THE STRUGGLE, NOT THE PRIZE
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Buried or commemorated at

LIJSSENTHOEK MILITARY CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 10786
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