POULTER, Edwin
No. 5116945, Private, Edwin Thomas POULTER
Aged 28
Born 17th October 1915, [Newmarket 3b:753] son of Alfred and Amy Alice POULTER (née LEVETT) of Exning In 1911 his father [31] born in Moulton, was a shoeing smith, his mother [31] born Great Bealings, nr Woodbridge. They were living at Jockey Club Cottages, Laceys Lane, Exning, sons then were Harold [7], Leonard [6] and Stanley[5], but they had already had one child die. In 1939, Edwin was a bus conductor, living with his parents at 14 Jockey Cub Terrace, Lacey's Lane, Exning. |
He was one of the Chindits and died as a prisoner of the Japanese. Captured on 29th April 1943 with Captain Roberts, he died in Block 6 Rangoon Jail, his POW number was 565. |
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