BORN HULL 1890. LIVED AT 38, CRESCENT STREET, GRIMSBY. SON OF CHARLES BROWN POWELL & ANNIE ELIZABETH POWELL AT 8, GRANVILLE TERRACE, CHURCHILL STREET, HULL. A FORMER SHIPS JOINER.
HE ENLISTED IN GRANTHAM, LINCOLN, ON 29/02/1916. ARRIVED IN FRANCE, ON 04/11/1916. SERVED AS SAPPER IN THE 400TH FIELD COMPANY, ROYAL ENGINEERS. TAKEN PRISONER ON 24/03/1918. DIED 04/11/1918, AGED 28. HE WAS KILLED BY A BOMB FROM A BRITISH AREOPLANE, WHILE PULLING BARGES AS A POW. HE HAD SERVED FOR TWO YEARS AND 240 DAYS.
HE LEFT A BROTHER WILLIAM AND THREE SISTERS.
BURIED: Vis-en-Artois Memorial, Vis-en-Artois, Departement du Pas-de-Calais, Nord-Pas-de-Calais, France
First name:
CHARLES CYRIL
Regiment:
Military Number:
166758
Rank:
Sapper
Date Died
04/11/1918
Place died:
Vis-En-Artois Memorial, Pas de Calais, France
Age:
28
8, GRANVILLE TERRACE, CHURCHILL STREET, HULL, EAST YORKSHIRE, UK
Place Buried
