Private Richard Ponton

Private Richard Aitken Ponton, 11th ( Service ) Battalion, Royal Scots. He died on 6th April 1917 of wounds received in France during the preparations for the Battle of Arras, aged 19. He had been born in Duns and was the son of Richard and Isabella Ponton of 70 Castle Street, Duns and is buried in Aubigny Communal Cemetery Extension, France where his  Headstone is inscribed ” Until The Day Dawn “.

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