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Leading Wren VIOLET BESSIE POWELL

Service Number: 36051
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Women's Royal Naval Service

H.M.S. Midge

Date of Death

Died 18 March 1943

Age 21 years old

Buried or commemorated at

WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY, EAST HAM

Square 41. Grave 12033.

United Kingdom

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Buried or commemorated at

WOODGRANGE PARK CEMETERY, EAST HAM
Essex United Kingdom
Number of casualties: 294
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