Frederick James Walter Powell was born on 12 July 1892 in St John’s Maryleborne. His father, William Joseph Powell, was a Merchant Seaman who died aged only 34 on 13 March, 1902. Fred married Ellen Sarah Gardiner in St Cuthbert’s Church, Hampstead on 24 September 1914, six weeks after the beginning of the Great War. They had three children: Frederick Roy, born 12 April 1915; Eileen Maud Rosa, born 8 July, 1917; and Joan Audrey, born 19 January 1919. Roy, who was a talented drummer, was killed in a motorcycle accident in 1936. Eileen and Joan Audrey (Peg), both widowed, live next door to each other in Alton.
Fred served in the infantry in the Great War. He and his family moved to Alton in 1930 and for 32 years he worked at the Kingdon’s, the ironmongers, in the High Street. Fred died aged 77 in 1969. A brief obituary was published in the Alton Gazette.
Nell and Fred with Eile and Roy in 1918
Nell and Fred Powell at Jeff and Tiffa’s Wedding in 1966
Frederick James Walter Powell | Birth Certificate
Ellen Sarah Gardiner | Birth Certificate
Fred and Nell Powell | Marriage Certificate
Frederick Roy Powell | Birth Certificate
Joan Audrey Powell | Birth Certificate
