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Lieutenant Robert Branks Powell
Robert Branks POWELL, son of Dr. Israel and Mrs. Powel, Victoria, BC. Born on April 2, 1881; killed at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 29, 1917 whilst leading his platoon of 50 men in a charge in the battle of Vimy Ridge – age 36.
He was a lawyer and worked for B.C’s Lt. Gov. and Canada’s Governor General. He played competitive tennis in BC and won titles in the states of Washington and Oregon, and in France, Germany, Austria and Monte Carlo; in 1908 reached the men’s semi-finals at Wimbledon.
At the outbreak of WWI he was in Chicago; went to England to enlist for basic training; attesting at Shorncliffe, Kent, on August 18, 1915.
In Feb 1917, while stationed in France, he wrote this letter home: "Darling Mother, please don't worry and be anxious about me. If I fall, I should like you only to feel pride in the fact that I am trying to do my highest duty and never to mourn me. But I have confidence that God will help me to come through it. But the whole thing is hell."
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1913 Canadian Davis Cup Team - Robert Branks POWELL, seated.
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Memorial Plaque commemorating barristers and students, members of the Alberta law society, who died while serving in the First World War.
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Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of May 8, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214563/Daily-Telegraph-May-8-1917.html
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Lieutenant Robert Branks Powell
From the Daily Colonist of May 4, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y125uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of May 12, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y132uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of May 30, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y147uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of June 10, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y157uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of June 26, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y170uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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Robert Branks POWELL, son of Dr. Israel and Mrs. Powel, Victoria, BC. Born on April 2, 1881; killed at the Battle of Vimy Ridge on April 29, 1917 whilst leading his platoon of 50 men in a charge in the battle of Vimy Ridge – age 36. He was a lawyer and worked for B.C’s Lt. Gov. and Canada’s Governor General. He played competitive tennis in BC and won titles in the states of Washington and Oregon, and in France, Germany, Austria and Monte Carlo; in 1908 reached the men’s semi-finals at Wimbledon. At the outbreak of WWI he was in Chicago; went to England to enlist for basic training; attesting at Shorncliffe, Kent, on August 18, 1915. In Feb 1917, while stationed in France, he wrote this letter home: "Darling Mother, please don't worry and be anxious about me. If I fall, I should like you only to feel pride in the fact that I am trying to do my highest duty and never to mourn me. But I have confidence that God will help me to come through it. But the whole thing is hell."
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1913 Canadian Davis Cup Team - Robert Branks POWELL, seated.
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Memorial Plaque commemorating barristers and students, members of the Alberta law society, who died while serving in the First World War.
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Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England
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Submitted for the project, Operation Picture Me
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Newspaper clipping from Daily Telegraph of May 8, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/ww1-archive/12214563/Daily-Telegraph-May-8-1917.html
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From the Daily Colonist of May 4, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y125uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of May 12, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y132uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of May 30, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y147uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of June 10, 1917. Image taken from web address of http://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y157uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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From the Daily Colonist of June 26, 1917. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist59y170uvic#page/n0/mode/1up
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CIMETIÈRE MILITAIRE D'ÉCOIVRES Pas de Calais, France
Mont-Saint-Éloi est un village du département du Pas-de-Calais situé à 8 kilomètres au nord-ouest d'Arras. Le village surplombe les champs de bataille de Vimy et de Souchez ainsi que la route principale qui mène de Béthune à Arras. Les tours en ruine qu'on peut apercevoir servaient de postes d'observation pendant les attaques françaises qui se sont déroulées à Neuville-Saint-Vaast et à Givenchy en mai 1915.
Écoivres est un hameau au pied de la colline, à 1,5 kilomètre au sud-ouest de Mont-Saint-Éloi, sur la ligne Arras-Saint-Pol. Le cimetière se trouve sur la route D49.
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