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Lance Serjeant HARRY POYNTON

Service Number: 552351
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Armoured Corps

"A" Sqdn. 11th Hussars

Date of Death

Died 22 October 1944

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY

XXII. E. 1.

Netherlands

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Harry and Edith Jane Poynton, of Macclesfield, Cheshire.
  • Personal Inscription THOUGH ABSENT YOU ARE ALWAYS NEAR, STILL LOVED, STILL MISSED AND EVER DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

GROESBEEK CANADIAN WAR CEMETERY
Gelderland Netherlands
Number of casualties: 2619
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