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Surname

Forename/s

Rank

Service Number

POWLEY

William

Able Seaman

J/ 26034

Place of birth

Age

Regiment / Ship

Date of death

Filey

20

H.M.S. Indefatigable, Royal Navy

Wed. 31st May 1916

Last known military action

Location of death

Cause of death

Battle of Jutland

Jutland

Drowning

Cemetery/ Memorial

Plot/Plaque

Country

Plymouth Naval Memorial

9.6.12.

England

Known family

Family details

Town of origin

Dorothy Woolston (Mother)

Resided at 3, Queen St.

Filey

Decorations

UK memorials commemorated on

Filey town memorial, St. Oswalds church memorial

Notes

A.B. Powley’s ship sank with all but two crew on board early on in the battle. Service dress photoavailable.