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Private Charles William Power

 

Number: 9614

Company: 45th (Dublin) Company, 13th Battalion

ENLISTMENT

Date: 8 January 1900

Place: Newbridge

Age: 35 years

Trade of calling: Gentleman

Place of birth: Parish Carrick-on-Suir, Town Carrick-on-Suir, County Tipperary

Family:

Previous military service: No

Description: Height 5' 11". Complexion fair, eyes blue, hair fair.

Religion: Roman Catholic

ACTIVE SERVICE

Date to South Africa: 14 March 1900

Campaigns:

Service medals. Clasps and other awards: South Africa Medal. Cape Colony, Orange Free State.

DEATH

Date: 28 May 1900

Place: Lindley

Cause: Died of wounds received on 28 May.

Commemorated: Power is buried in the Lindley Cemetery (image below). He is commemorated on the Lindley Cemetery Memorial; on the Yeomanry Kop Memorial, Lindley; and on the 45th (Dublin) Company Memorial in St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin.

 

Lindley Cemetery

 

Waterford Evening News, 19 July 1900

This page last updated 6 June 2024.