10.5287/BODLEIANVT6.2
Walter, Powell
Powell
Walter
Photo of barrack room at Salisbury Plain
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
2011
Dataset
1918-12-01/1918-12-31
2011-12-05 12:29:58.030374
2011
gwa-7042
Photograph
In other notes Walter Powell records that he was at Bulford Camp and later Lark Hill Camp, both on Salisbury Plain - soon after May 1917.
Part of a collection relating to Walter H. Powell, Llandrindod Wells, (private / driver M2-267205 Mechanised Transport Army Service Corps). Born 1898, Walter tried to join up under-age on a number of occasions, finally succeeding in 1916. He served many months - (more than 2 years?) - in different army units in Britain, before going over to France. He served as a despatch rider for an anti-aircraft battery in 1918-1919. Walter was gassed "suffering the effects all his life". He was a founder member of Toc-H in Llandrindod, and a keen footballer - he died in 1994 aged 96. However Walter's older brothers (Cliff and Percy Powell) and his uncle (Humphrey Powell) died of wounds sustained during the war.