Identity area
Reference code
CA ON00156 TR/2202
Title
Ponton, Richard D. : letters from France, 1915
Date(s)
- 1915 (Creation)
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File
Extent and medium
1 file
Context area
Name of creator
(1889-1933)
Biographical history
Richard Douglas Ponton was born in Sidney Township, Hastings County, Ontario on 4 October 1889, the son of William Nisbet Ponton and May Elizabeth Sankey. He signed up to serve in the First World War in September 1914. He worked as a barrister and judge and died at the age of 43 of myocarditis, deemed to be as a result of his war service.
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Scope and content
File contains several typescript copies of letters from Lt.[later Capt.] R.D. Ponton, F Company, 2nd Battalion, Canadian Expeditionary Force to his father, William Nisbet Ponton, relating his experiences in the war in Belgium and France including trench warfare.