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John Powell

Details

Forename John
Surname Powell
Middle Name
Memorial Unknown
Age 21
Address 54 Smith's Lane, Hindley Green
Parents' Address As above
Township Wigan
Rank Private
Occupation or place of work Employed at Hindley Green Collieries of Messrs Scowcroft as apprentice wagon builder
Regiment Manchester Regiment 13th Batt
Day of Death 9
Month of Death January
Year of Death 1918
Cause of Death Killed in action
Place of Burial Doiran Memorial
Regiment Number 34999
Name of War First World War
Location Unknown
Additional Information Born in Bickershaw
Ref: CWGC, Ancestry, WO 9/2/18
WO 5/6/17 reported wounded