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Private GEORGE WILLIAM POWELL

Service Number: 15294
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Northumberland Fusiliers

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 March 1917

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL

VIII. F. 2.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George and Joice Mary Powell, of 56, Woodbank Crescent, Meersbrook, Sheffield.
  • Personal Inscription HE GAVE HIS LIFE THAT WE MIGHT LIVE
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Buried or commemorated at

ANCRE BRITISH CEMETERY, BEAUMONT-HAMEL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 2543
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