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Seaman George Forster Powell

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Military service

Age: 35
Rank: Seaman
Force: Merchant Navy
Unit/Regiment: Canadian Merchant Navy
Division: S.S. Thomas Walton (Newcastle-Upon-Tyne, England) (139625)
Birth: Stockton-On-Tees, England
Death: December 7, 1939 Bodo, Norway

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BODO CEMETERY
Grave reference: British Plot. A. 4.
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Son of Walter Powis Powell and Jane Annie Young from Stockton-On-Tees, Durham, England.

On 7 December 1939, the Thomas Walton was en route in ballast from Port Talbot, Wales, to Narvik, Norway, when she was torpedoed at 5:00 pm by U-38 south of Svolvaer, Norway, position 67°52'N/14°28'E. The attack killed 13 of the crew. The shipwrecked crew boarded lifeboats, where George Forster Powell froze to death the same day. The captain and 30 sailors were picked up by the German ship SS Sebu, which landed them in Bodo, Norway, as prisoners of war.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 214 of the Merchant Navy Book of Remembrance.
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BODO CEMETERY Norway

Bodo is a port on the north west coast of Norway. Branch off the main E6 route on to route 80 signposted to Bodo. At the junction where the town centre is signposted straight ahead and Bodo airport is signed to the left follow the airport sign on to Olav V Gate. Continue on this road for approximately 2 km, passing the terminal buildings along the way. The entrance to the cemetery is on the left immediately off the third roundabout on Olav V Gate. From the entrance gate follow the path past the chapel for approximately 150 metres to the T junction. For the Second World War plot turn left and follow the path for 80 metres. The graves are on the right hand side in plot 129. For the First World War memorial turn right at the T junction and follow the path for 100 metres. The memorial, a four metre high granite obelisk surrounded by bollards and chains, is on the left hand side 10 metres in from the path in plot 10.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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