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Private DOUGLAS WILLIAM POWELL

Service Number: 41940
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Highland Light Infantry

2nd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

GOMIECOURT SOUTH CEMETERY

III. B. 2.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William and Selina Powell, of Chestnut Grove, Gedling, Nottingham.
  • Personal Inscription A LIFE WELL SPENT AND FREELY GIVEN FOR KING & COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

GOMIECOURT SOUTH CEMETERY
Pas de Calais France
Number of casualties: 233
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