This name is on Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 C. E. R. Powell (Charles Edward R. Powell) (Powell, Charles Edward R.) Service no 6966/233236 Private, London Regiment (Royal Fusiliers), "C" Coy. 2nd Battalion Killed in action on 18 March 1917, aged 23 Born in St Helena; enlisted at Westminster; lived at Lambeth CWGC: "Son of Mr C. E. and Mrs A. M. Powell, of 8, Walberswick St., London, SW8." Remembered at Beaurains Road Cemetery, Beaurains, France and at Stockwell War Memorial, London SW9 Information from the 1911 census In 1911 Charles Edward R. Powell, 17, was a clerk to a stone mason. He lived with his parents and three siblings at 73 Grosvenor Road, Westminster, where the family had three rooms. Powell's father, Charles Edward Powell, 45, was an Army pensioner now working as a timekeeper for a hotel. He was born in St. George's West, London. Amy Powell, 38, was from Winchester, Hampshire. The eldest three children were born on St Helena in the South Atlantic, I guess while Charles senior was stationed there. It was then a Crown Colony. Dorothy Helena Powell, 18, a clerk to a blouse manufacturer Charles Edward Powell, 17, a clerk to a stone mason Albert Powell, 16, a schoolboy and part-time messenger Reginald Alfred Powell, 13, born in Aldershot, Hampshire |
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 THESE WERE OUR SONS: Stories from Stockwell War Memorial by Naomi Lourie Klein. Every name is listed, with biographies for all those identified. The introduction gives an overview and the story of how the memorial was erected. £3 from every copy sale goes directly to the Friends of Stockwell War Memorial and Gardens Available from www.elefantbooks.com. £8.99 plus £2.75 p&p Special deals for SW8 and SW9 residents ♦ Charles Parker - family man and engineer ♦ The four Rance brothers ♦ Triple tragedy: the Desaleux brothers ♦ Samuel Levy's wife ♦ Frank Mason, 16, the youngest ♦ Cecil Philcox - Military Cross winner ♦ Chris Dartnell - shell shocked ♦ Cecil Philcox - killed in training ♦ Harold J. Hill - a riddle solved ♦ Harry Albert Nixon - syphilis treatment and conduct charges |
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