Private 267740 Thomas POINTON

Private 267740 Thomas Pointon{gallery}Pte T Pointon{/gallery}11th Battalion, Royal Warwickshire Regiment
Killed in action in France and Flanders on 23rd May 1917, aged about 21. He had been wounded on 2nd May 1917

• Commemorated: Arras Memorial, Pas-de-Calais, France. Bay 3
  
• Awarded: 1915 Star, British War and Victory Medals
  
• Son of the Elias and Annie Pointon [nee Cooke]
  
• Husband of Kate Pointon [nee Price]. Married April 1915 at Coventry Registry Office
  
• NNWFHS Memorials: Little Packington
  

Links to Relevant Information

• CWGC Page for Private Pointon
• NNWFHS Little Packington War Memorial Page
• Arras Memorial
• Royal Warwickshire Regiment

1911 Census and Family History Information

• Born c1896 at Pershall. Baptised 1 Mar 1896 at Eccleshall
  
• Lived at Church Farm, Little Packington [1911]
• Employed as a farmer’s son [1911]
  
• Lived at Fishers Hall Farm, Little Packington [1916]
  
• Employed as a ploughman [1916]
  
• Enlisted 19 Jul 1916 at Warwick