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Lance Bombardier WILLIAM CECIL PONTING

Service Number: 1041942
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Horse Artillery

5 Regt.

Date of Death

Died Between 27 May 1940 and 29 May 1940

Age 39 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HONDSCHOOTE COMMUNAL CEMETERY

Row C. Grave 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Henry and Edith Ponting; husband of Elsie May Ponting.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN THIS, THAT A MAN LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS FRIENDS
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