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Lance Corporal CHARLES BELLENDEN POWELL

Service Number: 122225
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

Inland Water Transport

Date of Death

Died 24 January 1916

Age 36 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY

Plot B. Row 2. Grave 16.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Personal Inscription IN LOVING MEMORY OF MY DEAR HUSBAND CHARLIE. DROWNED ON ACTIVE SERVICE
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Buried or commemorated at

CALAIS SOUTHERN CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 943
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