Major Gordon Douglas Powis
PERSONAL INFORMATION
Name:
Powis,
Gordon Douglas
Date of birth: 1887-10-10
Place of birth: Hamilton Ontario Canada
Next of kin: Mona Murray Powis; wife; 10710 - 98th Ave., Edmonton, Alberta
Marital status: married
Occupation (attested): Electrical Engineer
Occupation (normalized): Electrical Engineer, General
Address:
10710 - 98th Ave., Edmonton, Alberta
Religion: Church of England
Date of death:
1917-11-06
Cause of death:
Killed in action
Buried:
Menin Gate (Ypres) Memorial, Panel 24 - 28 - 30
MILITARY INFORMATION
Regimental number: NA
Highest Rank:
Major
(31st Battalion)
Rank detail
- Major, 31st Battalion, Infantry (Army).
- Captain (Army).
- Captain, 9th Battalion, Infantry (Army).
Degree of service: Europe
Survived war: no
Battle wounded/killed: Killed in the attack on Passchendaele.
RESEARCH INFORMATION
CVWM ID: No CVWM ID in our database, but try
this.
CWGC ID: 1595370
LAC ID:
583292
Attestation record(s): image 1
Service file: B7950-S002
Uploader's Notes:
Son of Alfred and Elizabeth Powis, of 161 Aberdeen Avenue, Hamilton; husband of Mona Murray Powis, of Hamilton, Ontario. He received a B.Sc. at McGill University, Montreal, Quebec.
Prior service - 91st Highland Regiment
Militia - 101st Edmonton Fusiliers
This man is listed in the war diary as joining the 31st as a Captain on 6th August 1916.
Uploader's Research notes: Info from the attestation papers and the war diary. This man is also on the CWGC site. [Captain Army Canadian Infantry 9th Battalion Captain Army Canadian Infantry 63rd Battalion Major Army Canadian Infantry 31st Battalion ]
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Date added: 2004-09-04
Last modified: 2019-07-18