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Second Lieutenant JOHN POYNTON

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1st/6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 04 October 1917

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY

LI. E. 18.

Belgium

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward Poynton, of Ashby, Burton-on-Trent; husband of Olive Turner (formerly Poynton), of Anglo Cottage, Killingworth Rd., Forest Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne.
  • Personal Inscription GOD'S WILL BE DONE EVER TO MEMORY DEAR
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Buried or commemorated at

POELCAPELLE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 7486
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