Powell, Donald

Date of birth:: October 21st, 1896 (Jhansi, India)
Date of death:: August 8th, 1942
Buried on:: Commonwealth War Graves Bedford Cemetery
Row: F7. Grave: 210.
Nationality:: British

Biography

Donald Powell was educated at Bedford Grammaschool after which he went to Sandhurst Military Academy.
He took part in the Mohmand campaign (August to October 1915), East Africa (1 December 1916 to December 1917) and Waziristan (1938). During WW2 he served in Iraq, Syria, Persia.
On 8 August, 1942 he died in a field hospital in England

Promotions
25 januari 1915: 2nd Lieutenant 30th Punjabis
11 februari 1917: Lieutenant
11 November 1918 Captain
1 July 1929: brevet Major
11 November 1932: Major
3 July 1937:Lieutenant-Colonel

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Croix de Guerre (1914-1918)

Period:: First World War (1914-1918)
Rank:: Second-Lieutenant
Unit:: Indian Army
Awarded on:: August 31st, 1917

For distinguished services rendered during the course of the campaign (the Rufiji River battle, East Africa campaign).

Distinguished Service Order (DSO)

Rank:: Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:: 1/16th Punjab Regiment, Waziristan District, British Indian Army
Awarded on:: October 17th, 1939

For distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with the operations in Waziristan, during the period i6th December, 1937, to 3ist December, 1938.

Mentioned in Dispatches

Rank:: Lieutenant-Colonel
Unit:: 1/16th Punjab Regiment, Waziristan District, British Indian Army
Awarded on:: October 17th, 1939

For distinguished services rendered in the field in connection with the operations in Waziristan, during the period i6th December, 1937, to 3ist December, 1938