Location
Near the corner of Grand Parade and Penny Street, near the Royal Garrison Church.
Description
The plaque is high on the wall of one of the houses facing the towards the sea.
BEQUEATHED THIS HOUSE
TO THE FORCES HELP SOCIETY
IN MEMORY OF HER TWO SONS
KILLED IN ACTION IN THE
1939-45 WAR.
CAPTAIN JOHN BINGHAM POWELL R.N.
LIEUTENANT PATRICK BINGHAM POWELL R.N.
Extracts from Commonwealth War Graves Commission Records
JAMES GEORGE BINGHAM POWELL
Captain
H.M.S. Belfast., Royal Marines
who died on Wednesday 18 August 1943 . Age 29
Additional Information: Son of Vice-Admiral George Bingham
Powell, C.M.G., and of Ada Patricia Fitzgerald Powell, of Portsmouth.
Cemetery: LYNESS ROYAL NAVAL CEMETERY, Orkney, United Kingdom
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Plot H. North Border. Grave 3.
PATRICK ALEX BINGHAM POWELL
Lieutenant
H.M.S. Vortigern, Royal Navy
who died on Sunday 15 March 1942 . Age 24
Additional Information: Son of Vice Admiral George Bingham
Powell, C.M.G., and Ada Patricia Fitzgerald Powell, of Portsmouth.
Cemetery: LOWESTOFT (BECCLES ROAD) CEMETERY, Suffolk, United Kingdom
Grave or Reference Panel Number: Sec. 25. Grave 511 North.
