Private George William Powers

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Biography

• Private George William Powers

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• The name of Private George William Powers
  appears on the Cenotaph in conjunction with the
  other thirty one individuals from Oxford, Nova
  Scotia, who bravely fought and lost their lives
  in World War I.

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• Private George William Powers only served in
  the war for a little over a year when his life
  suddenly ended.

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• Private Powers was born on March 6th 1889 in
  Tatamagouche, Colchester County, Nova Scotia and
  later moved to Oxford, Nova Scotia

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• Private Powers made his living as a carpenter
  without a wife or dependents.
• He was a Presbyterian, born to Mrs. Jessie
  Powers-Tattrie of Beacon Hill, Nova Scotia and
  Mr. Henry Tattrie of Tatamagouche, Nova Scotia.

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• Private Powers was a tall, thin man of 510,
  weighing 160 lbs with light brown hair and a
  clear complexion.
• He was in good health considering the only
  known illness that he had previously had, was
  small pox to which he did not require to be
  vaccinated for.

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• At the age of 27, Private Powers enlisted in
  the Canadian Over-Seas Expeditionary Force on
  March 08, 1916 where he was to serve in World War
  I and provide 6 months of additional service.

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• The pay received for duty overseas was noted to
  be very minimal considering the service he was
  providing to his country.
• Of the money that was spent, one has to wonder
  what it was spent on if it wasnt sent home.

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• He originally served in the 193rd Battalion,
  Regimental Number 902154 sailing from Halifax,
  Nova Scotia on October 12, 1916, to Liverpool,
  England where he was transferred to the 42nd
  Battalion of Canadian Infantry on May 12th, 1916.

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• He arrived in France on June 12, 1916 and died
  only seven days later, on June 19, 1917 from
  unknown wounds received on the field in action
  while being transported by a Canadian Field
  Ambulance.

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• A telegram of the news of his death was sent
  on June 21, 1917.

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VILLERS STATION CEMETERY

• Private George William Powers was liad to rest in
  the Villers Station Cemetary which is about 2 KM
  north-west of the Villers-au-bois village in
  France

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• A Memorial Cross was issued to his mother on
  April 15, 1921, as a momento of her personal loss
  and his sacrifice during the war operations of
  World War I.

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• All of his belongings were bequeathed to his
  Mother through his last will and testament.

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Beaumont, Hamel France
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In Flanders FieldsIn Flanders fields the
poppies blowBetween the crosses, row on
row,That mark our place and in the skyThe
larks, still bravely singing, flyScarce heard
amid the guns below. We are the Dead. Short
days agoWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset
glowLoved and were loved, and now we lieIn
Flanders fields. Take up our quarrel with the
foe!To you from failing hands, we throwThe
torch-Be yours to hold it high!If ye break faith
with us who dieWe shall not sleep, though
poppies growIn Flanders fields.John McCrae