Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Chester Owen Powell
In memory of:
Pilot Officer Chester Owen Powell
August 25, 1944
Military Service
J/90765
33
Air Force
Royal Canadian Air Force
101 (R.A.F.) Sqdn
Additional Information
Son of Thomas and Mary E. Powell, of Brantford, Ontario, Canada; husband of Margaret Mary Goodall Powell, of Brantford.
Commemorated on Page 420 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
BOULT-AUX-BOIS COMMUNAL CEMETERY
Ardennes, France
N/A
Boult-aux-Bois is a village and commune some 24.5 miles (39 kilometres) south-south-east of Mezieres and 7.5 miles (12 kilometres) north-east of Vouziers, on the road to Buzancy (N.46, N.47). The best route is by bus from Reims to Vouziers and from Vouziers to the village by taxi. Reims has good road and rail connections with Paris and the towns of northern France. The cemetery is on the eastern side of the village at the junction of the roads leading to the neighbouring villages of Germont (N.47) and Briquenay (D.42). About 10 yards north-east of the war memorial in the cemetery are the graves of seven airmen. Four of them belonged to the Royal Air Force and three to the Royal Canadian Air Force.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Correspondence – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of CHESTER OWEN POWELL – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Identification – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Photo of CHESTER OWEN POWELL – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Service Book – Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Newspaper clipping – From the Toronto Telegram July 1945. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
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Biography – Album of Honour for Brant County World War II 1939-1945 Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
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Album Cover – Album of Honour for Brant County World War 11 1939 - 1945 Published in 1946 by The Brantford Kinsmen Club and submitted with their permission by Operation Picture Me -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Chester Owen Powell is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Father J P Lardie's comments as inscribed on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens -
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Memorial – Pilot Officer Chester Owen Powell is commemorated on the Bomber Command Memorial Wall in Nanton, AB … photo courtesy of Marg Liessens
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