memorial plaque
Report a Mistake- Object Number 19730168-003
- Event 1914-1919 First World War
- Affiliation --
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Artist / Maker / Manufacturer
Preston, Edward Carter
Royal Arsenal - Date Made 1918-1920
- Place of Use Continent - North America, Country - Canada
- Category Communication artifacts
- Sub-category Personal symbol
- Department Arms and Technology
- Museum CWM
- Earliest 1918/01/31
- Latest 1920/12/31
- Inscription (obverse/avers): HE DIED FOR FREEDOM AND HONOUR ROY VICTOR POWELL; E.C.P.; 49 (reverse/verso): W
- Materials Bronze
- Service Component Canadian Expeditionary Force
- Unit 26th Canadian Infantry Battalion
- Person / Institution Subject, Powell, Sergeant Roy Victor
- Measurements Thickness 0.5 cm, Outside Diameter 12.0 cm
- Caption Medals Project- Powell, Roy Victor
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Additional Information
Roy Victor Powell was born in Digby County, Nova Scotia, on 4 September 1893. He was the son of Percival and Mary L. Powell.
A stoker on a ship, Powell enlisted in the 76th Battalion in Saint John, New Brunswick, on 6 November 1914. He was later transferred to the 26th Canadian Infantry Battalion (New Brunswick). He died from pulmonary tuberculosis at the Canadian Special Hospital in Lenham, Kent, England, on 19 April 1918.
Roy Victor Powell is buried in Lenham Cemetery, Kent, England.