Alfred William Powell
Memorial: Wickwar - Holy Trinity Church
Regiment: Royal Engineers
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Sapper 263179
Parents: Alban and Jane Powell (nee Underhill)
Marital status: Married
Home address: 31 Brigstocke Road, St. Paul’s, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: House Painter in 1911
Date of birth: 1877
Place of birth: Wickwar, Glos
Date of death: 09/02/1919
Buried/Commemorated at: Wickwar New Burial Ground
Age: 41
Further information:
Alfred William Powell was born in 1877 in Wickwar. His parents were Alban and Jane Powell (nee Underhill). He was brother to Joseph, Frederick, Reginald, James and Dora. His father was a building contractor and was born in Wickwar
Alfred was living with his parents in Hill View, Sodbury Road, Wickwar in 1911 and working as a house painter. Alfred married Gwendoline Annie White in 1912 and they lived at 31 Brigstocke Road, St. Paul’s, Bristol
Alfred joined the 644th North Midlands Field Company of the Royal Engineers and became a sapper. He died of influenza in Kent in February 1919 at the age of 41. He is buried in Wickwar New Burial Ground and he has a CWGC headstone. He is commemorated on the war memorial in Wickwar Holy Trinity Church Memorial, the Wickwar Village Hall Memorial and the Chipping Sodbury and District War Memorial Cottage Hospital board, which is now at Yate and District Heritage Centre, under Wickwar
He was awarded the Victory and British War medals
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre and the book “Lest We Forget” by Arthur Threlfall Searson. Forces War Records and CWGC