Richard Rowland Powell

Royal Army Service Corps

Personal Details Born: 7 February 1880 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 4 April 1880 at the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of at least five children born to Benjamin Blyth Powell, a draper and his wife …

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Herbert Powell

Royal Army Service Corps

Personal Details Born: 23 July 1886 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 27 August at St Alkmund`s Parish Church, Whitchurch. Family: He was the fifth child born to Henry Powell, a tailor, and his wife Emma. He married Alice Emily Florence …

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Thomas Frederick Powell

Personal Details Born: 13 January 1884 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised 30 March the same year in Whitchurch Wesleyan Methodist Chapel. Family: He was the second of four children born to Benjamin Blyth Powell, a general labourer, and his wife …

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Thomas Arthur Powell

Royal Army Service Corps

Personal Details Born: 5 May 1887 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 19 June the same year in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Whitchurch. Family: He was the eldest of three surviving children born to Thomas Powell, a plasterer, and his …

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Charles Samuel Powell

Personal Details Born: 9 April 1899 in Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 3 May the same year in the Wesleyan Methodist Chapel, Whitchurch. Family: He was the youngest of three surviving children born to Thomas Powell, a plasterer, and his …

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John Powell

Labour Corps

Personal Details Born: 19 April 1893. Family: The third son of Benjamin Blythe & Martha Powell of 23 Egerton Road, Whitchurch, Shropshire. John married Nellie Evelyn Baker in 1920 and together they had 2 children – Dorothy and George. Residence: In 1911 he had …

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Malpas Memorial

  The memorial is outside St Oswald’s Church, Malpas. This is an ongoing project, information will be added to the website over the coming weeks and months. It is hoped that the people of Whitchurch, Shropshire and beyond will get …

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Silver War Badge

The Silver War Badge was issued in the United Kingdom and the British Empire to service personnel who had been honourably discharged due to wounds or sickness from military service in World War I. The badge, sometimes known as the …

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Campaign Medals 3

The 1914 Star (also known as ‘Pip’) was authorised under Special Army Order no. 350 in November 1917 and by an Admiralty Fleet Order in 1918, for award to officers and men of the British and Indian Expeditionary Forces who …

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Campaign Medals 2

The British War Medal (also known as ‘Squeak’) was a silver or bronze medal awarded to officers and men of the British and Imperial Forces who either entered a theatre of war or entered service overseas between 5th August 1914 …

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Whitchurch Herald 30 April 1921

Report in the Whitchurch Herald recording the decision of the Whitchurch War Memorial Committee at its wind up meeting “Additional names to be placed upon the Memorial – Arthur Powell, Matthew John Powell, Charles Jones. Matthew John being a doubt …

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Whitchurch Herald 13 November 1920

Report in the Whitchurch Herald regarding the death of Arthur Toplady Powell “We deeply regret to announce the death of Mr Arthur Toplady Powell only son of Mrs W. A. Powell and the late Mr W. A. Powell who was …

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Albert Powell

The Great War History Hub Whitchurch, shropshire - War dead missing image

Albert Thomas Powell was born in Bronington, Flintshire in 1895, the second son of John Charles and Fanny Powell of Wrenbury Heath, Nantwich, Cheshire. Husband of Dorothy Powell of 36 Cowfields, Nantwich, Cheshire. Regiment : 11th Battalion Cheshire Regiment Rank …

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Whitchurch Herald 25 March 1916

Report in the Whitchurch Herald recording the rehabilitation of Arthur Toplady Powell following the amputation of his right arm and his training to write left handed “ Lance Sargeant Arthur T Powell, son of Mrs Powell Talbot Street, who it …

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