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William Poxon

Gunner 2643, "D" Battery 230th Brigade, Royal Field Artillery. Killed in Action aged 24 on Friday 29th September 1916. Town of Residence: Derby Duty Location: France and Flanders.

He was born in Alvaston, Derby in 1892 to John and Eliza Poxon. In 1911 he was a Railway Labourer living at 40 Warren Street, Alvaston, with his siblings: Catherine 23, John 21, Frederick 17, Ernest 15, Herbert 7, Hannah 5 and Dorris 0.

There was also a William Henry Poxon, aged 20 in 1911, living at 40 Commerce Street, Crewton, parents George and Mary.

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