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Rifleman JOHN POYNTER

Service Number: B/1520
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 09 April 1917

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT

C. 16.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Mrs. Ellen Mary Poynter, of 12, Caygill St., Upper Brook St., Chorlton-on-Medlock, Manchester.
  • Personal Inscription LOVED BY ALL
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Buried or commemorated at

HIBERS TRENCH CEMETERY, WANCOURT
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 136
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