POWELL William Francis

  • First Name(s):
    William 
    Francis 
  • Surname:
    POWELL
  • Service Number:
    91701
  • Rank:

    Gunner

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Artillery
  • Corps:
    Royal Garrison Artillery
  • Unit:
    211th Siege Battery
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th November 1917
  • Age At Death:
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Brandhoek New Military Cemetery No 3, Belgium, Grave II. N. 10.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Husband of Gertrude Ethel Powell, of Poplar Cottage, Yateshay Rd., Malvern Link, Worcestershire.

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POWELL William Francis Is Named On These Memorials

Malvern St Andrew’s Church WW1 Memorial
Malvern WW1 War Memorial

Further Information About POWELL William Francis

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

Malvern News, 8th December 1917:
Gnr William Francis Powell, RGA (who lived at Knightwick Cottage, Poolbrook) has been killed in action, aged 36. He enlisted in June 1916 and went to France in March 1917. Before enlisting he was a lamplighter employed by Malvern UDC, by whom he was employed since he was 14. He leaves a widow and a two-year-old daughter. A letter from a Major states Gnr Powell was hit in the head by a shell splinter, his death being instantaneous. The widow also received a letter from Gnr W F Spratling: €œI would like to express the sincere sympathy of your husbands comrades in his Battery. They have asked me to do so. I can assure you that your husband was one of the most popular men in the battery, and was liked by everybody. Quite a gloom has been cast over us by his death in action. He recognised me immediately I joined the Battery some three months ago and we naturally were able to have many a chat concerning Malvern and its doing. Personally I feel his loss very much.€

A photograph of Gunner W.F. Powell of Malvern can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 8th December 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives.

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