Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Sinclair Poynder DSO, MVO, OBE, MC
St. Peter's Church, Yateley, Hampshire.
Frederick Sinclair Poynder was born in 1893 and educated at Wellington and Royal Military College. He joined the 9th Gurkha Rifles in 1913 and served in the Great War, being wounded and twice mentioned in despatches. In the Afghan War of 1919 he won the Military Cross, and subsequently served in the operations in Waziristan 1921-24 and on the North West Frontier in 1930-31. He commanded his regiment in the operations in Waziristan 1936-37 and was awarded the D.S.O. He was A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught in India 1921, and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in India 1921-22. From 1926-27 he was Military Secretary to H.R.H. Crown Prince of Sweden in India and received the Royal Order of the Sword for these services. Poynder was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in 1935 but retired due to ill health in 1938 and thereafter devoted himself to Red Cross work. He was the author of the history of his Regiment ‘The 9th Gurkha Rifles’, published in 1937.
Lieutenant Colonel Frederick Sinclair Poynder DSO, MVO, OBE, MC
St. Peter's Church, Yateley, Hampshire.
Frederick Sinclair Poynder was born in 1893 and educated at Wellington and Royal Military College. He joined the 9th Gurkha Rifles in 1913 and served in the Great War, being wounded and twice mentioned in despatches. In the Afghan War of 1919 he won the Military Cross, and subsequently served in the operations in Waziristan 1921-24 and on the North West Frontier in 1930-31. He commanded his regiment in the operations in Waziristan 1936-37 and was awarded the D.S.O. He was A.D.C. to H.R.H. the Duke of Connaught in India 1921, and to H.R.H. the Prince of Wales in India 1921-22. From 1926-27 he was Military Secretary to H.R.H. Crown Prince of Sweden in India and received the Royal Order of the Sword for these services. Poynder was promoted Lieutenant Colonel in 1935 but retired due to ill health in 1938 and thereafter devoted himself to Red Cross work. He was the author of the history of his Regiment ‘The 9th Gurkha Rifles’, published in 1937.