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Surname: PONTING
Forename(s): Harold Charles
Place of Birth: Devizes, Wiltshire
Service No: 5541
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: King’s (Liverpool Regiment)
Battalion / Unit: 1/10th (Scottish) Battalion
Division: 55th (West Lancashire) Division
Age: ---
Date of Death: 1916-08-09
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: M. 18.
CWGC Cemetery: BERNAFAY WOOD BRITISH CEMETERY, MONTAUBAN
CWGC Memorial: ---
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: ILKLEY, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON – ERMYSTED’S GRAMMAR SCHOOL, YORKSHIRE
Local War Memorial: SKIPTON, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Harold Charles Ponting was the son of James Frederick and Marian Ponting, née Reeks and brother of Rifleman Geoffrey Ponting (302061) (q.v.). Their father was born at Collingbourne, Wiltshire and mother at Christchurch, Hampshire.
1881 Devizes, Wiltshire Census: 28, Rotherstone - Harold Charles Ponting, aged 7 months, born Devizes, son of James Frederick and Marian Ponting.
1891 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: 37, North Street - Harold C. Ponting, aged 10 years, born Devizes, Wiltshire, son of James F. and Marian Ponting.
1901 Keighley, Yorkshire Census: Flosh House - Harold C. Ponting, aged 20 years, born Devizes, Wiltshire, son of James F. and Marian Ponting.
1911 Toxteth Park, Lancashire Census: 29, Hatherley Street - Harold Ponting, aged 30 years, born Devizes, Wiltshire. [Harold was boarding with Albert E. and Esther Ackerley.]
The British Army Service Record for Harold Charles Ponting exists but may be incomplete.
Harold is commemorated in the 'Service Roll of Martins Bank' and in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh.
A short biography of Harold is included in: ‘A Grammar School at War – The Story of Ermysted’s Grammar School during the Great War’ by Steven Howarth (2007).
Data Source: Craven Herald Article
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Entry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: King’s (Liverpool Regiment)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 55th (West Lancashire) Division
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Bernafay Wood British Cemetery, Montauban
CWGC Headstone
Bank of Liverpool & Martins Limited War Memorial at Barclays Bank, Water Street, Liverpool
The identical memorial that was at the Skipton and other branches are lost
Courtesy of David Hearn (War Memorials Online project)
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27 October 1916
FORMER SKIPTON BANK MANAGER’S SECOND BEREAVEMENT
The many friends of Mr. J. Ponting, of Mortimer, Berks, who was for many years general manager of the Craven Bank at Skipton, and afterwards district general manager for the Skipton Branch of the Bank of Liverpool (after the amalgamation of the two banks), will regret to learn that he has received a letter from the Front stating that his son, Pte. Geoffrey Ponting, has been killed. This is Mr. Ponting’s second bereavement, another son, Harold, having been killed some time ago while serving with the Liverpool Scottish. Both these sons at one time held positions in the Skipton Branch of the Bank of Liverpool.
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27 October 1916
FORMER SKIPTON BANK MANAGER’S DOUBLE LOSS
Mr. J. H. Ponting, formerly general manager of the Craven Bank, and afterwards district general manager for the Bank of Liverpool, has received word from a chum of his son’s, Pte. Geoffrey Ponting, to the effect that the latter has been killed. Mr. Ponting, who now resides at Mortimer, Berkshire, lost another son, Harold, some time ago, who was attached to the Liverpool Scottish. Both sons were formerly in the Skipton branch of the Bank of Liverpool.
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