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Citation(s);
Military service
Age:
31
Rank:
Major
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment)
Division:
14th Bn.
Death:
April 19, 1918
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
V. B. 25.
Additional information
Son of Robert H. W. Powell, M.D., and Elizabeth F. Torrance, his wife; husband of Grace M. Powell, of 3, College Court, Quebec. Graduate, R.M.C., Kingston, Canada.
Commemorated on the Major Alan Torrance Powell Plaque.
Additional citations
Mentioned in Despatches.
Digital gallery of Major Alan Torrance Powell
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Lisgar Collegiate Honour Roll
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Grave Marker
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England -
Memorial
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 639 Major Alan Torrance Powell DSO was the son of Robert H. W. Powell, M.D., and Elizabeth F. Torrance, his wife. He was the husband of Grace M. Powell, of 3, College Court, Quebec. He was a graduate, R.M.C., Kingston, Canada. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), 14th Bn. He died on 19 Apr 1918. He was buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. -
Memorial Stained Glass
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 639 Major Alan Torrance Powell DSO was the son of Robert H. W. Powell, M.D., and Elizabeth F. Torrance, his wife. He was the husband of Grace M. Powell, of 3, College Court, Quebec. He was a graduate, R.M.C., Kingston, Canada. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), 14th Bn. He died on 19 Apr 1918. He was buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. -
Doll
Ex-cadets are named on the Memorial Arch at the Royal Military College of Canada in Kingston, Ontario and in memorial stained glass windows to fallen comrades. 639 Major Alan Torrance Powell DSO was the son of Robert H. W. Powell, M.D., and Elizabeth F. Torrance, his wife. He was the husband of Grace M. Powell, of 3, College Court, Quebec. He was a graduate, R.M.C., Kingston, Canada. He was Mentioned in Despatches. He served with the Canadian Infantry (Quebec Regiment), 14th Bn. He died on 19 Apr 1918. He was buried in the Aubigny Communal Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France. -
Memorial Stair
Memorial staircase, Royal Military College of Canada -
Memorial
Memorial window, Royal Military College of Canada -
Memorial Arch
Memorial arch, Royal Military College of Canada -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me -
Newspaper clipping
From the Ottawa Citizen newspaper c.1917. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Major Alan Torrance Powell
Digital gallery of
Major Alan Torrance Powell
Digital gallery of
Major Alan Torrance Powell
Digital gallery of
Major Alan Torrance Powell
Digital gallery of
Major Alan Torrance Powell
Digital gallery of
Major Alan Torrance Powell
Digital gallery of
Major Alan Torrance Powell
Digital gallery of
Major Alan Torrance Powell
Digital gallery of
Major Alan Torrance Powell
AUBIGNY COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION Pas de Calais, France
Aubigny Communal Cemetery is south of the village of Aubigny-en-Artois and the Cemetery Extension is behind it. The village of Aubigny-en-Artois is approximately 15 kilometres north-west of Arras on the road to St. Pol. After turning into the village from the N.39 on the D.75, the Cemetery lies south on a road leading from the centre of the village.
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
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