The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Corporal E A Ponting

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Corporal Edward "Teddy" Archibald PONTING, 201079, 8th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 7th November 1918, age 20.

Born Harlow, Essex, son of Henry James & Martha Ann Ponting, of The Nurseries, Edenbridge, Kent.

1911 Census - High Street, Edenbridge, Kent - Henry James Ponting, head, age 58, married, nurseryman & seedsman, employer, at home, born Wansbrough, Wiltshire; Martha Ponting, wife, age 50, married 28 years, 10 children, 8 still alive, born Leeds, Yorkshire; Annie Ponting, daughter, age 16, single, shop assistant, nurseryman, worker, at home, born Edmonton, Middlesex; Edward Ponting, son, age 14, born Harlow, Essex; Guy Ponting, son, age 12, born Edenbridge, Kent.

Enlisted Tonbridge, Kent.  Resided Edenbridge, Kent.

Commemorated at Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Panel 7, France / Edenbridge War Memorial.