2734779 Guardsman John Rees POWELL, 1 Welsh Guards: 06/05/1920

Date of Enlistment: 1939
Army Number: 2734779
Rank: Guardsman
Name: John Rees POWELL
Unit: 1 Welsh Guards


Date of Death: 30/05/1940.

 

https://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/r/C17560045
Reference: WO 416/294/243
Name: John Rees Powell.
Date of Birth: 06/05/1920.
Place of Birth: Rhondda.
Service: British Army.
Rank: Guardsman.
Regiment/Unit/Squadron: [1 Battalion The Welsh Guards].
Service Number: 2734779.
Date of Capture: [unspecified].
Theatre of Capture: [unspecified].
Camp Name/Number: [unspecified].
PoW number: [unspecified].
Date of Death: 30/05/1940.
Number of Photographs: 0.
Number of Fingerprints: 0.
Number of X-rays: 0.
Number of Cards: 2.

 

https://www.cwgc.org/find-records/find-war-dead/casualty-details/2776958/john-rees-powell/
GUARDSMAN JOHN REES POWELL
Service Number: 2734779
Regiment & Unit: 1st Bn. Welsh Guards
Date of Death: 30 May 1940
Age 20 years old
Buried or commemorated at WEST CAPPEL CHURCHYARD
Grave Reference: Sp. Mem. Row A. Grave 18.
Location: France
Additional Info: Son of Daniel Aneurin Powell and Jane Powell, of Pontygwaith, Glamorgan.
Personal Inscription: ALWAYS SO GOOD, UNSELFISH AND KIND, A BEAUTIFUL MEMORY HE LEFT BEHIND