Pointon,
Harry, Private, 7363, 19th
Bn, Royal Fusiliers
Born
Hollingworth, Ches
Enlisted
Glossop
Resided
Tintwistle, Manchester
Died
of wounds France and Flanders 10th
February 1916
Bethune
Town Cemetery, V, A, 4
At the time of the 1901 census, Harry was living with his parents and sister at his paternal grandmother's house at 125 Manchester Road, Tintwistle.
By the time of the 1911 census, Harry's mother and grandmother had both died, and he was living with his widowed father and siblings, at the same address.
Harry Pointon was born in 1897, the son of Thomas Pointon and Emma, formerly Booth, who were married in 1896 (Ashton-u-Lyne civil marriage).
Commemorated on the memorial at: Tintwistle and Tintwistle United Reformed Church.
Page last updated: 12 October 2020.