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.     

To add to this page, a new for me website, The Wargraves Photographic Project. This website has photo's of the graves which are available to buy for a small fee and sometimes have a little more info such as the Unit the men served with than is listed here.

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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