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Powell, Albert Arthur "Sandy"

Date of birth:
January 30th, 1900
Date of death:
June 26th, 1982
Nationality:
British (1801-present, Kingdom)

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Awarded on:
1975
Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE)

War Diary mentions

1-2 September 1944 WO 171/413 - 3 Infantry Division AQ
Star ENSA shows at FLERS for Div featuring Flanagan and Allen, Florence Desmond, Kay Cavendish, Sandy Powell, Alice Powell and Billy Scott Coombs. Approx. 17.000 soldiers received entertainment during the past week. These ENSA performances were very well received but considerable diffeculty is still expierenced feeding. ENSA parties - in practice this often means that the complete resources of an officers 'mess have to be devoted to them. This is most unsatisfactory

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