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Private Charles Frederick POWLES, G/21117, 8th Battalion,  Queens Own Royal West Kent Regiment, killed in action, Flanders France, 30th August 1917.

Born Battersea, London, SW, son Frederick George & Mary Ann Elizabeth Powles.

14th May 1902, St George the Martyr, Battersea, baptism of Charles Frederick Powles, son Frederick George, (labourer), & Mary Ann  Powles, 24 Brewery Street.

1911 Census - 134 Lowfield Street, Dartford, Kent - Frederick George Powles, head, age 42, married, engineers fitters labourer, paper making, worker, born Clapham, Surrey; Mary Ann Powles, wife, age 40, married 16 years, 2 children, both still alive, born Earlsfield, Surrey; Edith Alice Powles, daughter, age 15, single, born Clapham, Surrey;  Charles Frederick Powles, son, age 13, school, born Clapham, Surrey.

Enlisted Dartford, Kent, age 17 years & 1 month, height 5ft 5½ inches.  Resided 4 Home Cottages, Ballace Lane, Dartford, Kent. Formerly labourer.

Separation Allowance of 7/9 a week & Allotment of Pay of 3/6 a week payable to mother.

26th March 1914, enlisted & posted "C" Company, 2/5th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment, Territorial Force, Service No.1804; 2nd November 1915, Tonbridge, Kent, Medical Examined, age 18, height 5ft 9½ inches, weight 150lbs; 12th August 1916, Folkestone, embarked; 12th August 1916, Boulogne, disembarked; 26th August 1916, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot, attached 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 13th September 1916. posted 8th Battalion, Royal West Kent Regiment; 18th March 1917, wounded; 19th March 1917, 33 Casualty Clearing Station, shrapnel left foot & right buttock; 21st March 1917, Etaples, 1 Canadian General Hospital; 2nd May 1917, Etaples, 40 Infantry Base Depot; 11th May 1917, joined Battalion, In the Field.

15th October 1919, Statement of Relatives - Widow, none; Children, none; Father, Frederick G Powles, 4 Home Cottages, Dartford, Kent; Mother, Mary Ann E Powles, 4 Home Cottages, Dartford, Kent; Brothers - none; Sisters - Mrs Edith Alice Morgan, age 23, 4 Home Cottages, Dartford, Kent.

Commemorated at Tyne Cot Memorial, Panel 106 to 108, Belgium.