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Rifleman GEORGE EDWARD POWELL

Service Number: R/38105
Regiment & Unit/Ship

King's Royal Rifle Corps

7th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 15 September 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY

V. A. 31.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George John and Amelia Powell, of 13, River Rd., Upper Holloway, London.
  • Personal Inscription THE COUNTRY CALLED HIM HE WENT AND GOD TOOK HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

MESSINES RIDGE BRITISH CEMETERY
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 1539
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