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Lance Corporal WILLIAM FREDRICK POWELL

Service Number: 1414
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Fusiliers

"A" Coy. 23rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 28 January 1917

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY

I. D. 17.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William C. and Emily Powell, of Brixton, London.
  • Personal Inscription GONE FROM US BUT NOT FORGOTTEN NEVER SHALL HIS MEMORY FADE
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Buried or commemorated at

COURCELETTE BRITISH CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1968
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