10.5287/BODLEIAN8HGE.1
First World War Poetry Digital Archive, University Of Oxford
University Of Oxford
First World War Poetry Digital Archive
Group photograph including George Powell
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
WdUzzgyu96802
1918-01-01/1920-12-31
2011-12-04 21:04:57.227082
2011
gwa-9379
George Powell was a very small man and was enlisted into The Welsh Bantams. Being of a very young age when the war began he joined by stating he was older than his correct age. By the end of the Great War George had spent a year in hospital suffering horrific injuries.
Editor's Comment:
Photograph taken in training camp. Two men are armed with Magazine Lee Enfield rifles.
Private George Powell would have enlisted as a Bantam in the 17th or 18th (Serivice) Bns. (1st or 2nd Glamorgans), The Welsh Regiment.