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Serjeant HENRY POXON

Service Number: 2126
Regiment & Unit/Ship

York and Lancaster Regiment

1st/5th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 07 October 1916

Age 34 years old

Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

I. J. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Military Medal
  • Additional Info Son of Selina Poxon, of Barnsley, and the late William Poxon; husband of Amy Poxon, of 8, Cobden Terrace, Silver St., Barnsley.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS FROM WIFE AND CHILDREN
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Buried or commemorated at

FONCQUEVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 658
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