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Serjeant JOHN WILLIAM POWELL

Service Number: Z/1222
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Rifle Brigade

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 19 December 1916

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VAUX-EN-AMIENOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY

A. 12.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John W. and Clara Powell, of 278, Bloomsbury St., Nechells, Birmingham.
  • Personal Inscription DEATH DIVIDES BUT MEMORY CLINGS
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Buried or commemorated at

VAUX-EN-AMIENOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 15
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