- John
- POYNER
- 66904
Private
- WW1
- Army
- Infantry
- Royal Welch Fusiliers
- 14th Battalion
- None
- 29th December 1917
- Killed in action
- Unknown
- Croix-Du-Bac British Cemetery, Steenwerck, France, Grave I. C. 7.
- Ullingswick, Herefordshire, resident Clifton-on-Teme, enlisted Leominster, Hereford
- Unknown
- Unknown
POYNER John Is Named On These Memorials
Notes About The Memorial(s) Listed Above
Stockton School now in Stockton on Teme St Andrew’s Church, listed under KILLED.
Further Information About POYNER John
John Poyner was born in 1895 near Ullingswick, Herefordshire, the second son of William Charles Poyner and his wife Maud Isabel (nee Webb). He was the couple’s only son. Shortly after he was born William secured a job as a waggoner and the family moved to Withy Well, Stockton on Teme. By the time of the 1911 census, William was a farm bailiff, ensuring that the tenant farmers ran their farms properly and paid their rent on time.
John and his sisters attended Stockton School and at the age of thirteen he went to work for John Taylor, a farmer, at Pool House Farm, Abberley. John was eighteen when war broke out in 1914 but he did not volunteer to join up. Records indicate that he was probably called up after conscription was introduced in March 1916. He enlisted at Leominster and was initially attached to the Cheshire Regiment for basic training. He later transferred to the 14th (Service) Battalion of the Royal Welsh Fusiliers.