Kenneth Elliston Poyser
Barrister, British Army Officer and colonial administrator
About Kenneth Elliston Poyser
Lived 1882 – 1943 (aged 60–61). Kenneth Elliston Poyser was a British barrister.
Sir Kenneth Elliston Poyser (1882 – 6 June 1943) was a British barrister, British Army officer, and colonial administrator.
Early life Poyser, who was born in 1882, was the son of A.S. Poyser, barrister. He was educated at Shrewsbury School, and Merton College, Oxford. In 1906, he was called to the Bar by the Inner Temple.
Career In 1914, on the outbreak of the First World War, Poyser immediately joined up and served with the Yorkshire Light Infantry and the Loyal North Lancashire Regiment. He was mentioned three times in dispatches and awarded the D.S.O. in 1917.
Poyser died on 6 June 1943 in Haslemere.
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barrister, British Army Officer and colonial administrator (1882-1943)
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Kenneth Elliston Poyser was born in 1882.
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Kenneth Elliston Poyser died on 6 June 1943.
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