Past on Stone Monuments, Memorials and Names from the Past

Powell Monument

Other memorial · Wigan, Greater Manchester

Powell Monument© Francis C. FranklinCC BY-SA 4.0

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    Plaque. Photo: Ian Capper, CC BY-SA 2.0

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Wigan, Greater Manchester
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Inscription

ER COF AM LIEUT W.E. POWELL WELSH GUARDS UNIG FAB CAPT E.A.L. POWELL A MRS POWELL NANTEOS YR HWN A SYRTHIODD YN GAVAY FFRAINC TACH 6ED 1918 EI HUN MOR DAWEL YW GODWYD Y GROES HON GAN [...] A GWEITHWYR YSTAD NANTEOS

The names (3)

The names transcribed so far, in the order and spelling engraved. What the stone says about each person is beneath their name; nothing has been added from other records.

  1. Lieut W. E. Powell

    LIEUT W.E. POWELL WELSH GUARDS

    Died 6 November 1918

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    Powell Monument (Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 1, "LIEUT W.E. POWELL WELSH GUARDS"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2325/ : accessed 5 November 2026).

    Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2325/

    Read from: File:Memorial to W E Powell - inscription - geograph.org.uk - 3790884.jpg

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  2. Capt E. A. L. Powell

    CAPT E.A.L. POWELL

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    Powell Monument (Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 2, "CAPT E.A.L. POWELL"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2326/ : accessed 5 November 2026).

    Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2326/

    Read from: File:Memorial to W E Powell - inscription - geograph.org.uk - 3790884.jpg

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  3. Mrs Powell

    MRS POWELL, NANTEOS

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    Cite this name

    Powell Monument (Wigan, Greater Manchester, United Kingdom), Plaque, line 3, "MRS POWELL, NANTEOS"; automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked; Past on Stone (https://pastonstone.com/name/2327/ : accessed 5 November 2026).

    Permanent link: https://pastonstone.com/name/2327/

    Read from: File:Memorial to W E Powell - inscription - geograph.org.uk - 3790884.jpg

    Automatically extracted from a photograph, not yet checked

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