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First Name: | Frederick | Last Name: | POWELL |
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| Date of Death: | 20/10/1915 | Lived/Born In: | Earlsfield | |
| Rank: | Private | Unit: | Royal West Surrey (Queens)7 | |
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Current Information:Born-Battersea Norfolk Cemetery, Becordel-Becourt, France 18th Division, including 7th Royal West Surrey (Queens) of 55 Brigade, arrived in France at end of July, 1915 and after a period of training moved to the Somme area, recently take over from the French Army. This was a sector where a lot of mining was taking place and on 20th October, 1915, 7 men from 7th Royal West Surrey (Queens), working with the Brigade mining section, were killed when the Germans exploded a mine at the Tambour near Fricourt. |
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