Alfred, I am not aware of the precise circumstances of your death, nor what caused it, but, as a former soldier in the 1st and 7th Battalion...
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Alfred Poynton
Private
Service No. 201373
Age 19
Died on 1 July 1916
Sherwood Foresters (Notts and Derby Regiment)
THIEPVAL MEMORIAL
Somme, France
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Poynton, of 16, Glebe St., Swadlincote, Burton-on-Trent.
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At the going down of the sun and in the morning, We will remember them. From the President, Officers and Members of
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Alfred, O valiant heart, who to your glory came ….. your memory hallowed in the land you loved.
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