Commonwealth War Graves
Submitted by Mick Powis

There are 36 men with the name Powis on the Commonwealth War Graves Site. The numbers are those on the site. I have on this list only included men with the spelling POWIS & POWYS. I have not found any other spellings. In the list below I am fairly certain that the birth and death dates are those of a particular individual. In some cases men have no known grave but are mentioned on memorials, such as Ypres (Menin Gate).

In the list I start with the name as it appears on the gravestone or memorial, and the number on the Commonwealth War Grave list. In many cases only the rank, initial and name is given. I have been able to find the Christian names of most men from a disk containing Army records.  Unfortunately this only contains the names of members of the British Army. It does not contain the records of the one Powis who died in Naval Service, or men in the Australian, Canadian, or Indian Forces.

At times the names of parents or next of kin appear in the Commonwealth War Grave list. In the cases when they do not, I have been able to find them from Census records on the Powis Pages website.     

1/. Rifleman Albert Powis.  Born About 1897 Nottingham. Son of Albert G and Annie Died 15 9 1916 Commonwealth War Grave Theipval Memorial, France	2/. Rifleman Arthur Powis.  P2210 Born Mar Qtr 1898 Chorlton. Son of John and Alice 1901 Census, North Manchester Died 2 11 1918 Commonwealth War Grave St Ledger Church Yard, Hainaut, Belgium
3/. Private Alfred Henry Powis.  P1887 Born Jun Qtr 1890 (3 March 1890) Wolverhampton. Son of David and Ellen (Tufft) 1901 Census, Wolverhampton Died 23 3 1918 Age 27 Commonwealth War Grave Croisilles France	4/. Private C B Powis P2247 Charles Bradburn Powis. Born Dec Qtr 1898 Madley. Son of Benjamin and Clara (Bradburn) 1901 Census, Dawley Died 30 10 1918 Age 20 Commonwealth War Grave Terlincthun, Wimille, France
5/. Lance Corporal Charles Edward Powis. P1832 (In Australian Army) Born Mar Qtr 1889 Gloucester.   Son of William and Margaret (Possibly James) 1891 Census Upton St Leonard Gloucestershire Died 23 8 1916 Age 27 Commonwealth War Grave Niederzwehren, Germany	6/. Private Charles Joseph Powis. P1638 Born Sept Qtr 1884 Aston. Son of Charles William and Maria Harrison. In 1891 Census Kings Norton Died 13 5 1917 Commonwealth War Grave Arras Memorial, France.
7/. Rifleman Charles S Powis P1536 Charles Samuel Powis Born Jun Qtr 1882 Brentford. Son of Henry W and Minnie (Minnie born Canada) Died 13 5 1915 Commonwealth War Grave Ypres (Menin Gate) Belgium	8/. Sergeant Charles William Powis (Indian Army) Not enough info to identify birth date and place. Died 15 3 1919 Tehran War Cemetery, Iran
9/. Private Frank Powis. P1869 Born Dec Qtr 1889 Cirencester. Son of Leigh and Louisa Scriven. Brother of # 23 Leigh Henry Powis Died 14 8 1916 Commonwealth War Grave Theipval Memorial, France	10/. Private George Powis. P2130 Born Jun Qtr 1896 Chesterfield as George Robert E Powis. Son of Benjamin and Emma (Possibly Adams) 1901 Census As George Ed born Bolsover Died 15 2 1916 Age 20 Commonwealth War Grave Ypres (Menin Gate) Belgium
11/. Major Gordon Douglas Powis (Canadian Army) Born About 1887 Probably, Hamilton, Canada. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Powis of Hamilton, Ontario Canada. Husband of Mona Murry. Died 6 11 1917 Age 30 Commonwealth War Grave Ypres (Menin Gate) Belgium	12/. Sergeant Henry Powis  P1857 Born  Sep Qtr 1889. Islington. Probably son of George and Matilda Powis Died 9 5 1915 Commonwealth War Grave Ploegsteert Memorial, Belgium
13/. Private Harry Powis.  P1365 Born Sep Qtr 1878 Wellington. Son of James and Sarah Jane 1901 Census born Rodington 1891 Census born Rodington 1881 Census as Harvy Powis born Rodington Died 10th Oct 1915 Age 37 Commonwealth War Grave Etaples, France.	14/. Corporal H Powis P1627 Harry Powis Born Jun Qtr 1884 Taunton. Son of Henry and Sarah Powis. Brother of #34 William Henry Powis Died 29 7 1917 Commonwealth War Grave Essex Farm Cemetery
15/. H Powis Not enough info to identify birth date and place. Died in UK after War. 20 12 1918 Commonwealth War Grave Blandford Cemetery, England	16/. Able Seaman Harold John Powis.  P2254 Born Dec Qtr 1898 (17 Sept 1898) Aston. Son of John and Alice (Williams) 1901 Birmingham Census, born Small Heath. Appears in Census as John H Died 17 10 1917 Age 19 Commonwealth War Grave Plymouth War Memorial, England
17/. Private John Powis.  P2044 Born Mar Qtr 1894 Bedwelty. Son of Jesse and Mary Jane 1901 Census Born Tredegar Monmouthshire Died 28 9 1914 AGE 21 Commonwealth War Grave Braine Communal Cemetery, France	18/. Lance Corporal J Powis P1459 James Powis Born Sept Qtr 1880 Poplar. Son of James and Pauline, Chiswick London Died 27 9 1918 Age 39 Commonwealth War Grave Ontario Cemetery, Sains-les-Marquion, France
19/. Private J Powis. John Powis Possibly born Dec 1879 (In register as John Powice) Bromsgrove. Shown in Army records as born, enlisted and resided in Malvern Died 29 11 1918 Commonwealth War Grave Berlin South Western Cemetery, Germany	20/. Sergeant James Powis.  P1825 Born Jun Qtr 1888 Tenbury. Son of George and Elizabeth 1891 Census Little Hereford Died 1 11 1919 Age 30 Commonwealth War Grave Haidar Pasha Memorial, Istanbul, Turkey
21/. Private John Edward Powis P2108 Born Sept Qtr 1895 Wandsworth. Son of William and Sarah Brother of # 27 Robert James Powis 1901 Census Battersea London Died 26 10 1915 Age 20 Commonwealth War Grave Loos Memorial, France.	22/. Private  John Thomas Powis. P1803 Born Mar Qtr 1888 Barnsley. Son of Reuben and  Jane In 1891 Barnsley and 1901 Durham Census Born Higham Yorkshire. Died 29 9 1916 Age 29 Commonwealth War Grave Thiepval Memorial France
23/. Private L H Powis Leigh Henry Powis  P2185 Born Jun Qtr 1897 as Lea Henry Cirencester. Son of Leigh and Louisa Scriven Brother of # 9 Frank Powis Died 19 10 1918 Commonwealth War Grave Highland Cemetery Le Cateau, France	24/. Corporal Michael Powis (Australian Army) Could not identify birth date and place. Probably born in Australia. Died 28 6 1915 Shell Green Cemetery, Turkey
25/. Driver M O Powis P2143 Moses Oscar  Powis Born Sep Qtr 1896 Builth. In Army records shown as born Newbridge on Wye, enlisted Cardiff. Son of Moses Powis, and probably Sarah Jane Died 27 6 1918 Commonwealth War Grave Baghdad (North Gate) Cemetery, Iraq	26/. Lance Corporal Percy Hartland Powis. P1602 Born Sept Qtr 1883 Cannock. Son of George and Agnes In 1891 Cannock Census with grandparents John and Mary Morris. Died 25 5 1917 Age 33 Commonwealth War Grave Maroc British Cemetery, Grenay, France
27/. Private R J Powis Robert James Powis  P1825 Born Nine Elms Surrey Abt 1889 Son of William and Sarah Brother of #21 John Edward Powis Died 27 11 1918 Honnechy Cemetery, France	28/. Lance Corporal S G Powis P2156 Samuel George Powis Born Dec Qtr 1896 Mile End. Army records show born Stepney, enlisted Bow Died 20 2 1918 Jerusalem War Cemetery, Israel
29/. Private Thomas Powis. P2056 Born Jun Qtr 1894 Prestwich. Son of Thomas and Eliza. In 1901 Census, Prestwich. Died 13 11 1916 Age 22 Commonwealth War Grave Ancre Cemetery, Beaumont Hame,l France	30/. Sergeant Thomas Albert Powis P2197 Born Sep Qtr 1897 Wellington Son of Robert and Edith Died 26 9 1917 Tyne Cot Memorial, Belgium
31/. Private William Powis. P1995 Born Mar Qtr 1892 Walsall. Son of Joseph and Elizabeth. In 1901 Census, Walsall. Died 8 6 1917 Age 24 Commonwealth War Grave Cologne Southern Cemetery, Germany	32/. Private William Powis.  P2157 Born Dec Qtr 1896 St Giles. Son of William and Jane. In 1901 Census, St Giles London. Died 16 8 1917 Age 20 Commonwealth War Grave Bedford House Cemetery, Ypres, Belgium
33/. Private William Powis. P1807 Born Mar Qtr 1888 Clun. Son of George and Margaret. (Lloyd) In 1901 Census, Clungunford. Died 31 10 1917 Age 30 Commonwealth War Grave Beersheba War Cemetery, Israel	34/. Private William Henry Powis. P1490 Born Jun Qtr 1881 Bromsgrove. Son of Henry and Sarah Ann. Brother of # 14 Harry Powis In 1901 Census, Taunton, St Mary Magdalene Within. Died 24 5 1915 Age 34 Commonwealth War Grave Ypres (Menin Gate) Belgium
35/. Rifleman Wilfred Theodore Powis.  P1987 Born Sept Qtr 1892 Bromley. Son of Mrs M P Powis. In 1901 Census, Wanstead Essex, inmate in orphan asylum. Died 31 3 1915 Age 22 Commonwealth War Grave Rifle Gate Cemetery, Hainaut, Belgium	36/. Rifleman William Victor Powis.  P2076 Born Dec Qtr 1894 Walsall. Son of Alfred and Elizabeth. In 1901 Census, Walsall. Died 11 5 1915 Age 20 Commonwealth War Grave Ypres (Menin Gate) Belgium

There are 4 men named Powys

1/. Lance Corporal Beverly Cunliffe Powys (Canadian Army) Son of Percy Cunliffe Powys and Susan Beverly Powis (That is how it is spelled on the record) Winnipeg Manitoba, Canada. Died 2 6 1916. Age 20 Ypres (Menin Gate), Belgium	2/. Private Edmund Ivor Owen Powys (Canadian Army) Son of Ernest Aubrey and Margaret Ann Powys of New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada. Died 19 8 1917 Age 20 Vimy Memorial, France.
3/. Private G J Powys George James Powys PL241 Born Sept Qtr 1899 Wirral. Son of William and Lydia Powys of Bebington, Birkenhead. Died 8 10 1918 Age 19 Prospect Hill Cemetery Gouy, France	4/. Lieutenant Geoffrey Mapleton Powys Born 10 8 1880 Son of the Rev Horace Annesley Powys  and Jessie Powys of Far Headingly, Leeds. Died 19 6 1917 Aged 20 Derry House Cemetery, Belgium

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