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The Collection of Medals to the Monmouthshire Regiment formed by Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, O. St. J., T.D.

Lt. Col. P. A. Blagojevic, O. St. J., T.D.

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№ 617

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29 June 2006

Hammer Price:
£140

Pair: Private C. T. Poiner, Monmouthshire Regiment, who was killed in action in May 1915

British War and Victory Medals
(1410 Pte., Monmouth. R.), minor official correction to surname on the first, nearly extremely fine (2) £60-80

‘Private Charles Thomas Poyner (sic), 2nd Monmouthshires, the son of Mr. and Mrs. W. Poyner (sic) of 47 High Street, Blaenavon, was killed in action on 4 May. He had been in the 2nd Monmouthshires for two years before the outbreak of war. He was 19 years of age, and formerly worked as a collier at the Milfraen Colliery, Blaenavon. He was a member of the Horels Baptist Church, and had been an active worker in the Sunday School. Three days before his death he wrote a letter to his parents, in which he vividly described the battles he had been in. Mr. and Mrs. Poyner (sic) have received messages of sympathy from the King and Queen, the Army Council and Lord Kitchener’ (The Free Press of Monmouthshire refers).

Poiner is buried in the La Brique Military Cemetery, Ieper, Holland.