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Major JOHN ANDERSON POWELL

Service Number: 52696
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Offr. Cdg. 3 Field Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1942

Age 30 years old

Buried or commemorated at

KNIGHTSBRIDGE WAR CEMETERY, ACROMA

3. B. 21.

Libya

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Colonel Dacre Hamilton Powell, O.B.E., M.C., and of Violet Charlotte Edith Powell (nee Timins), of West Malling, Kent. B.A., Hons. Engineering (Cantab.).
  • Personal Inscription LIFE IS A THING WE DO NOT LOSE AND LOVE NEVER LEAVES US
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