The Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment

Private F Pont

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Private Frank PONT, G/7434, 8th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, (formerly 2092, Royal Sussex Regiment), died of wounds, Flanders France, 2nd October 1917.

Born Battle, Sussex, son of Matthew Pont.

1911 Census - The Smithy, Stevens Crouch, Catsfield, Sussex - Matthew Pont, head, age 61, married, blacksmith, employer, at home, born Catsfield, Sussex; Elizabeth Pont, wife, age 50, married 29 years, 12 children, 10 still alive, born Wadhurst,. Sussex; Nellie Pont, daughter, age 24, single, housemaid, born Catsfield, Sussex; Frank Pont, son, age 22, single, labourer, farm, born Catsfield, Sussex; William Pont, son, age 15, single, in gardens, domestic, born Catsfield, Sussex; Arthur Pont, son, age 12, school, born Catsfield, Sussex; Daisy Pont, daughter, age 9, school, born Catsfield, Sussex; Mark Pont, grandson, age 3, born Wadlington, Sussex; Harry Tickner, lodger, age 32, gardeners journeyman, born Battle, Sussex.

Enlisted Hastings, Sussex.

Buried at Tincourt New British Cemetery, II. C. 16., France. Commemorated on Catsfield War Memorial.