Cofebau William ac Edward Powell's Memorials, St Padarn's Church

Basic information

Address

Heol-y-Llan, Llanbadarn Fawr, Aberystwyth

County

Anglesey

Detailed information

Location

Internal

Type

Non-freestanding

Setting

Inside a building - public

Description

Board/Plaque/Tablet

Condition

Good

Category

Memorial

Comments

Photograph courtesy of MIND Aberystwyth. Llun diolch i MIND Aberystwyth

GM Welsh Memorials to the Great War 02/12/2017

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Notes

Cofeb William Powell's Memorial: IN EVER LOVING AND HONOURED MEMORY OF/ WILLIAM EDWARD GEORGE PRYSE WYNNE POWELL/ LIEUT. WELSH GUARDS/ ONLY CHILD OF/ Capt. & Mrs. E. A. L. Powell of Nanteos/ and grandson of WILLIAM BEAUCLERK POWELL of Nanteos/ & Sir PRYSE PRYSE Bart. of Gogerddan/ BORN MARCH 8th 1899 & KILLED NEAR BUVIGNIES IN FRANCE NOV. 6th 1918/ WHILE GALLANTLY LEADING HIS MEN IN ACTION./ Brave, Kid and true, he endeared himself to all/ during his short life, and died as he had lived,/ a true and very gallant Welsh gentleman./ "MIL GWELL YW MARW'N FACHGEN DEWR, / NA BYW YN FACHGEN LLWFR!"

Inscription

Cofeb Edward Powell's Memorial: SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF/ EDWARD ATHELSTAN LEWIS POWELL,/ CAPT LEICESTERSHIRE REGT/ ONLY SON OF WILLIAM BEAUCLERK POWELL, of NANTEOS,/ WHO DIED MARCH 26TH 1930,/ FROM THE EFFECTS OF AN ILLNESS/ CONTRACTED WHILE SERVING IN MESOPOTAMIA,/ IN THE GREAT WAR. THIS TABLET IS ERECTED BY HIS WIDOW and TENANTS,/ IN MOST LOVING REMEMBERANCE OF A TRULY CHRISTIAN GENTLREMAN/ AND ONE OF THE MOST UPRIGHT AND KINDEST OF MEN

Service persons

	Name	Rank	Regiment/Battalion	Date of death
	William Powell	Lieutenant	other	06/11/1918