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Soldiers who Survived
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                                           Ralph POYNTON
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Regiment
Rank / Number
Date of Birth
Residence
South Lancashire Regiment - 5th Battalion
Private / 2391
1880
Church Place 
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According to the 1911 Census Ralph was living at Church Place, Rainhill with his wife Edith and daughters Lillian and Edith.

His occupation was that of a coal miner.

He enlisted in September 1914 but was discharged in May 1915 as unfit for service after contracting a pulmonary infection following a bout of influenza which left him with a constant cough and breathlessness, which for a short time led to him being put on light duties.

On returning to the UK he went back to his old job as a miner but had to give it up after six months due to his condition. He then found work as a gardener.

Note. On the 1901 and 1911 Census Ralph's name is spelt Pointon but on all his army papers it is spelt Poynton
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Picture
Before Ralph left to fight in WW1 he was living in one of these Church Place cottages with his wife and family. This photograph of Church Place was taken in 2015
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