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Fusilier BENJAMIN POYNTON

Service Number: 3655636
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Lancashire Fusiliers

1/8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 27 May 1940

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CHERCQ CHURCHYARD

Grave 24.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Ernest and Martha Poynton, of Patricroft, Lancashire.
  • Personal Inscription TO A BEAUTIFUL LIFE CAME A SUDDEN END HE DIED AS HE LIVED EVERYONE'S FRIEND
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Buried or commemorated at

CHERCQ CHURCHYARD
Hainaut Belgium
Number of casualties: 30
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