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Auction: 21003 - Orders, Decorations and Medals
Lot: 322

Three: Private T. Powis, 1st Royal Marine Battalion, Royal Naval Division, who was killed in action at the Battle of the Ancre on 13 November 1916

1914-15 Star (Ply.17007. Pte. T. Powis. R.M.L.I.); British War and Victory Medals (Ply.17007. Pte. T. Powis. R.M.L.I.), good very fine (3)

Thomas Powis was born at Salford, Lancashire on 16 April 1894 and enlisted in the Royal Marines Light Infantry at Manchester on 25 August 1914, whilst working in a cotton mill. Serving with the 1st Royal Marine Battalion from 20 November 1914, he was killed in action on 13 November 1916 at the Battle of the Ancre, when the unit were on the left flank, alongside the Howe Battalion, with the 2nd Battalion to their rear. Powis is buried in the Ancre British Cemetery at Beaumont-Hamel; sold together with copied Service Record.

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Sold for
£180

Starting price
£130