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
    - 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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