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Second Lieutenant EDWARD FRANK PONTING

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Manchester Regiment

21st Bn.

Date of Death

Died 05 October 1918

Age 29 years old

Buried or commemorated at

PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY

IV. D. 5.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Ellen Ponting, of Trowbridge, Wilts; husband of Eva Frances Talmage Ponting, of Box, Chippenham.
  • Personal Inscription SAY NOT GOOD-NIGHT BUT IN SOME BETTER LAND BID ME GOOD MORNING
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Buried or commemorated at

PROSPECT HILL CEMETERY, GOUY
Aisne France
Number of casualties: 537
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