posted on 2024-02-23, 22:49authored byGreat War Archive Project Team
George Powell was a very small man and was enlisted into The Welsh Bantams. Being of a very young age when the war began he joined by stating he was older than his correct age. By the end of the Great War George had spent a year in hospital suffering horrific injuries.
Editor's Comment:
Two unidentified men of the King's Shropshire Light Infantry, and one of the Lancashire Fusiliers.
Private George Powell would have enlisted as a Bantam in the 17th (Service) Bn. (1st Glamorgans), The Welsh Regiment.
History
Identifier
6464.jpg|
GWA_5511_Young_soldiers-1.jpg|
Subject
Powell, George
Date
August 1914 - December 1916
Date Created
01/08/1914
Temporal Coverage
31/12/1916
Source
Photograph
Medium
Photographic paper
Type
Photograph
Contributor
Richard Marshall | Gwyneth E Gwynne | George Powell
Rights
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford / Primary Contributor