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 NAME:                      Powney, William Benjamin
 RANK:                      Lance Corporal
 UNIT:                      Royal Berkshire Regiment
 BATTALION ETC:             1st Battalion
 REGIMENTAL NUMBER:         5779
 HOW DIED/DATE OF DEATH:    Died of wounds 16th May 1915
 WHERE BURIED/COMMEMORATED: Bethune Town Cemetery, Pas de Calais, France
 OTHER INFORMATION:         Age 41. Joined 1899. 
                            Address given as 76 Stockbridge Road, Winchester in Winchester War Service Register.
                            Son of Joseph and Mary Ann Martha Powney of Salisbury.
                            Born & resided: Salisbury. Enlisted: Reading.