Alan Powell
Fellow officer, 14th
Mentioned: 1918 only
Comrades in the field Wounded April 19, 1918 ("McCombe, Powell, Plow & McKenzie laid out by one shell while in rest"), and died of wounds by the next day, when Robertson notes arranging the funeral of "Alan Powell," both mentions tied to the 14th. Distinct from an unrelated "Bill Powell" in a 1916 card game and an unnamed, more senior "Powell" in a February 1917 entry: neither connected to this man.
Appears in the diary · 2 entries
1918
- 19 April 1918… ownership of Wulgm and Messines should be changed during the last two years. 14th had a nasty knock. – McCombe, Powell, Plow & McKenzie laid out by one shell while in rest. Plow was killed. – Another good fel …
- 20 April 1918… C.S. & found out that I have not got “Trench Mouth” – Met Cowle of the 14th who was in to arrange for funeral of Alan Powell (died of wounds in C.C.S.) – Lunch with him & attended funeral. – The old timers are goin …