Hugh Stainton Poyntz [X550/1/82]
Monday 31st January 1916: The 2nd Battalion are still at
Suzanne which was still being shelled yesterday, though not so violently. The
adjutant tells us that in the last three days twelve men have been wounded commenting
that this is: “a remarkably small number considering the very bad
fortifications found in this village”.
Lieutenant-Colonel
Onslow left to command the 1st Bedfords and Major Hugh Stainton Poyntz has
assumed command. Major Poyntz was, before the war, a cricketer of some note. He
played for Somerset and brother, Massey Poyntz captained the eleven in 1913 and
1914. Major Poyntz has played 39 times for Somerset making 1,148 runs at an
average of 19.46.
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