Classified advert from Belgium battlefield tours, from Diary of W. J. Powell
| Title |
Classified advert from Belgium battlefield tours, from Diary of W. J. Powell
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| Subject |
Powell, Walter
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| Notes |
A classified advert found in the back of the diary of W.J. Powell for 1918 (also in this collection). This advertises "delightful holidays, bracing Knocke... Sea-bathing, golf. Cheap excursions, battlefields, Ypres, Nieuport, Yser..."
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. |
| Item date |
1920
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| Creation place |
Belgium
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| Content | |
| Cataloguer |
Richard Marshall
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| Filename |
GWA_4711_Belgium_hols_cutting_1920.jpg
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| Copyright |
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor
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| Digital repository | |
| Contributor name |
Alun Edwards (Powys Archives submissions day)
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| Contributed on the behalf of |
Bryan and Liz Edwards
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Collection
Citation
“Classified advert from Belgium battlefield tours, from Diary of W. J. Powell,” The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 3, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/gwa/item/5321.
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