Poingdestre family members who served in World War 1

Poingdestre family members who served in the Great War Percy William Poingdestre Two members of the family lost their lives while serving in the armed forces and a further 23 saw active service in World War 1. The dates shown are often birth or baptism dates from our database, not necessarily those shown on service records, and parishes shown are parish of birth, where known, not the parish in which individuals were living when they joined up. Notes on our list, abbreviations used etc

• Alfred Poingdestre (1860-1915) (France) son of Charles and Frances Maria, OV, Lieut-Col RMIJ Although included in the 1919 official Roll of Honour, Lt-Col Poingdestre was not exactly a casualty of war. He was commander of the 2nd Battalion RMIJ and caught a cold in Jersey in 1915, which turned to pneumonia, leading to his death at the age of 54. This was attributed in the Victoria College Roll of Honour to the 'strain and exposure' he suffered in his Militia work. He was born in France, and his parents continued to live there when he was sent to Victoria College at the age of nine. We have not been able to establish whether his parents were French, or whether they were descended from a Jersey family and had left the island to live in France.
• Philip Poingdestre (1895-1916) son of Philip and Mary, living in Guernsey at the outbreak of war, Stoker RN, HMS Queen Mary, killed at Battle of Jutland
• John Thomas Poingdestre (1878- ) Mercantile Marine, no local records, possibly St Helier and orphaned at very early age
• Alfred William Poingdestre (1884- ) (Bromley, Kent) father from Jersey, Air Mechanic RAF

Sons of John and Susan Poingdestre of Grouville

• Albert Victor Poingdestre (1885- ) (Gr) Able Seaman RN, HMS Diligence
• Alfred Charles Poingdestre (1893- ) (Gr) ex-RMIJ, Stoker RN, HMS Oakley
• Charles Alfred Poingdestre (1891- ) (Gr) Officer's Steward RN, HMS Lion
• Francis George Poingdestre (1898- ) (Gr) Private, Devonshire Regiment, golf caddie before war

• Charles Le Geyt Poingdestre (St B), Captain, Gurkha Rifles, no local records
• Charles Mallet Poingdestre (1877- ) (Gr) son of Philip and Sophie, husband of Alice Jane Ridgeway, Private, RJGB
• Claude Gordon Poingdestre (1884- ) (St H) son of Alfred and Louisa, Private, Machine Gun Corps
• Daniel Poingdestre (1890- ) (St H) son of Daniel and Louisa Ames, Private, RAMC

• Francis Raymond Poingdestre (1889- ) (St B) son of Francis Charles and Ann Jane Raymond, Sergeant, Devonshire Regiment
• John Alfred Poingdestre (1898- ) (Gr) son of John Charles and Alice Susan, Leading Seaman RN, HMS Vanity
• John Francis Poingdestre (1897- ) (St S) son of John Charles and Alice Susan, Private, Dorset Regiment
• Percy William Poingdestre (1893- ) (St H) son of Philip George and Amelia Jane Gale, ex-RMIJ, Private, Hampshire Regiment, PoW
• Philip Poingdestre, Stoker RN, no local records
• Philip Henry Poingdestre (1893- ) (St H) son of Philip George and Amelia Jane Gale, RNAS, Leading Air Mechanic RAF
• Reginald James Poingdestre (1897- ) (St H) son of Philip and Amelia Jane Gale, Able Seaman RNVR
• Sydney de Ste Croix Poingdestre (St H) husband of Florence Ann, Gunner, RGA
• Thomas Heath Poingdestre OV, Captain Royal Munster Fusiliers, wounded twice
• William Poingdestre (St H), Private RAOC, no local records
• Winter Thomas Poingdestre (St S) son of Sophie, ex-RMIJ, Gunner RGA