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Private CHARLES ERNEST POWELL

Service Number: 730803
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Canadian Infantry

4th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 August 1918

Age 20 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME

VI. B. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service Canadian
  • Additional Info Son of Charles James and Laura Blanche Powell, of 10, Pearson Avenue, Hyde Park, Headingley, Leeds. Born at Leeds, England.
  • Personal Inscription TIS SWEET TO KNOW WE'LL MEET AGAIN WHERE PARTINGS ARE NO MORE. MOTHER, SISTERS & BROTHERS.
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Buried or commemorated at

CROUY BRITISH CEMETERY, CROUY-SUR-SOMME
Somme France
Number of casualties: 783
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