BORN HULL 1890. SON OF REVEREND, HENRY BERESFORD POWERS (1854-1929) & MARY JOHNSON (1851-1903), OF FOUNTAIN ROAD, HULL AND LEEDS.
HE MARRIED IN 1916 AT COVENTRY. HIS WIFE, QUEENIE JACKSON, LIVED AT QUEENSCLIFE CAFE, MARGATE, KENT.
HE ENLISTED IN LONDON. POSTED TO FRANCE, ON 10/05/1915. SERVED IN THE ROYAL ARMY SERVICE CORP, ATTACHED TO THE MOTOR TRANSPORT, 1ST HEAVY REPAIR SHOP. DIED ON 06/09/1918, AGED 28. HIS ARMY EFFECTS WERE LEFT, TO HIS WIDOW, QUEENIE.
BURIED AT CITY OF PARIS CEMETERY, PANTIN, SEINE-ST-DENIS, FRANCE. HIS GRAVE INSCRIPTION READS, “HE GAVE HIS LIFE FOR US REDEEMED LEEDS, YORKSHIRE”
First name:
SUTCLIFFE
Military Number:
46681
Rank:
Private
Date Died
06/09/1918
Place died:
CITY OF PARIS CEMETERY, PANTIN, SEINE-ST-DENIS, FRANCE
Age:
28
QUEENSCLIFE CAFE, MARGATE, , KENT, UK
