Hubert Powell
Memorial: Downend - Christ Church
Regiment: Gloucestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Private 14550
Parents: Albert and Celia Powell (nee Stidard)
Marital status: Single
Home address: Oaklands Road, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Pre-war occupation: Worker with Chocolate Manufacturer
Date of birth: 1893
Place of birth: Cossham Street, Mangotsfield, Bristol
Date of death: 19/08/1916
Buried/Commemorated at: Commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial To The Missing (Pier and Face 5 A and 5B.), Somme, France
Age: 23
Further information:
Served in the Machine Gun Section, 10th (Service) Battalion, Gloucestershire Regiment.
Killed during the attack on the German command bunker at Martinpuich, Somme, France.
He has no known grave but is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial To The Missing, Somme, France.
Commemorated on Mangotsfield St James Memorial, the Mangotsfield United Reform Church Memorial, the Christ Church Downend Memorial (Recorded as Herbert) and the Staple Hill (Page Park) Memorial.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Battalion War Diary, Western Daily Press, Commonwealth War Graves Commission, Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, Medal Rolls Index, UK Censuses, Pay Book and Will, David Blackmore