Robert Howard Powell
Memorial: Almondsbury - Sunday's Hill
Regiment: Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 33302
Parents: William and Sarah (Nee Hayter) Powell
Marital status: Single
Home address: Home Address: Redfield Road, Patchway, Bristol Lived: 1901 Census – Candor Road Cottage, Llangattock, nr Newport, S. Wales
Pre-war occupation: Hay Trusser
Date of birth: 1889
Place of birth: LLangattock, Monmouthshire
Date of death: 13/11/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial (Pier and Face 10A and 10 D.), France
Age: 26
Further information:
Robert was born in 1889 (4th Quarter) Llangattock and Baptised on 18/05/1894 Cowbridge, Glamorgan. On the 1901 Census, Robert was living with his parents along his older brother and two older sisters. By the time of the 1911 Census, Robert was living with his uncle Adam and his family in Patchway. Adam was a Hay Trusser and Robert was working with him.
Robert served with the 2nd Battalion, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry (formerly Private 5050, Gloucestershire Regiment) and was Killed in Action on 13 November 1916.
Robert is commemorated on the Almondsbury (Sundays Hill) and Patchway Memorials.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Findmypast (Soldiers Died during the Great War, 1901 & 1911 Census etc), Researcher John Davis.
Forces War Records and CWGC.