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Private THOMAS ALAN POYNTON

Service Number: 6023878
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leicestershire Regiment

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 December 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY

XXIX. H. 1.

Egypt

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Florence Poynton, of Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription PRECIOUS MEMORIES OF THE BELOVED SON OF J. AND F. POYNTON,NOTTINGHAM "JESU, MERCY!"
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Buried or commemorated at

EL ALAMEIN WAR CEMETERY
Egypt
Number of casualties: 7368
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