Completed Benjamin Thomas Powell
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2026 9:03 am
Private 14432 Benjamin Thomas Powell
Abt 1883 - 30/6/1916 (32)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... min-thomas
Dob 13/11/1883 Dudley
Born in Tipton
Baptism
Staffordshire Toll End
Church name Primitive Methodist
Register type Parish Register
Birth date 13 Nov 1883
Baptism date 27 Nov 1883
Person forename Benjamin Thomas
Person sex M
Father forename Benjamin
Mother forename Eliza
Father surname POWELL
Person abode New Rd, Toll End
Father occupation Millman
Parents Benjamin Powell & Elizabeth Jones
Parents Marriage
20/11/1875 Dawley Shropshire
Benjamin Powell
Marriage Age 21
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1854
Father Thomas Powell
Elizabeth Jones
Marriage Age 20
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1855
Father Richard Jones
Marriage Date 20 Nov 1875
Marriage Place Dawley Parva, Shropshire, England
Residence Date 1875
Residence Place Dawley
Religion Anglican
1891 Railway Parade Sebastopol Monmouthshire
Benjamin Powell 33 Head Shearer in Iron Works
Eliza Powell 36 Wife
Louisa Powell 8 Daughter
Benjamin Powell 7 Son
Cecil Powell 8 months Son
1901 Weymouth Place, Panteg, Newport, Monmouthshire.
Benjamin Powell (45, Sheet Iron Shearer, born Tipton), his wife Eliza (46, born Tipton), and their 2 children: Louisa (19, born Tipton), and Benjamin (17, Iron Worker, born Tipton).
1911 South Street, Sebastopol, near Newport, Monmouthshire.
Benjamin Powell (27, Roller at Sheet Mill, born Tipton), and his aunt Lucy Smith (57, Widow, born Tipton).
Marriage 29/1/1913 Bedwas Monmouthshire
Benjamin Thomas Powell
Gender Male
Marriage Age 29
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date 1884
Marriage Date 29 Jan 1913
Marriage Place Bedwas, Monmouthshire, Wales
Father Benjamin Powell
Spouse Edith Jane Church
Gender Female
Marriage Age 28
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date 1885
Father Alfred George Church
Page number 134
Marriage of Benjamin T. Powell and Edith J. Church registered March quarter 1913 in Pontypool.
A son, Baden Cuthbert Powell, was born on 30th October 1913 and the birth
Benjamin Thomas Powell & Edith J Church's
Son
Baden C Powell
Registration Date1913
Quarter of the Year Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Place Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales
Mother Church
Volume 11a Page 425
WW1 Records
Private 14432 Benjamin Thomas Powell
Killed in Action on Sunday, 30th July 1916, age 32.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 4 A of Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
5th Bn., South Wales Borderers. 58th Brigade of 19th Division.
Husband of Mrs Edith Powell, of 50 South Street, Sebastopol, Newport, Monmouthshire.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Newport, Mon., Resident: Sebastapol, Newport, Mon.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 30/7/1916 (32) KIA France
Burial Benjamin Powell has No known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1549022/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125 ... mas-powell
Commemorated on Pier and Face 4 A of Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial.
Any other info
Benjamin was born in Tipton, however had been living in South Wales since 1890 at the latest.
Abt 1883 - 30/6/1916 (32)
https://www.tiptonremembers.net/index.p ... min-thomas
Dob 13/11/1883 Dudley
Born in Tipton
Baptism
Staffordshire Toll End
Church name Primitive Methodist
Register type Parish Register
Birth date 13 Nov 1883
Baptism date 27 Nov 1883
Person forename Benjamin Thomas
Person sex M
Father forename Benjamin
Mother forename Eliza
Father surname POWELL
Person abode New Rd, Toll End
Father occupation Millman
Parents Benjamin Powell & Elizabeth Jones
Parents Marriage
20/11/1875 Dawley Shropshire
Benjamin Powell
Marriage Age 21
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1854
Father Thomas Powell
Elizabeth Jones
Marriage Age 20
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date abt 1855
Father Richard Jones
Marriage Date 20 Nov 1875
Marriage Place Dawley Parva, Shropshire, England
Residence Date 1875
Residence Place Dawley
Religion Anglican
1891 Railway Parade Sebastopol Monmouthshire
Benjamin Powell 33 Head Shearer in Iron Works
Eliza Powell 36 Wife
Louisa Powell 8 Daughter
Benjamin Powell 7 Son
Cecil Powell 8 months Son
1901 Weymouth Place, Panteg, Newport, Monmouthshire.
Benjamin Powell (45, Sheet Iron Shearer, born Tipton), his wife Eliza (46, born Tipton), and their 2 children: Louisa (19, born Tipton), and Benjamin (17, Iron Worker, born Tipton).
1911 South Street, Sebastopol, near Newport, Monmouthshire.
Benjamin Powell (27, Roller at Sheet Mill, born Tipton), and his aunt Lucy Smith (57, Widow, born Tipton).
Marriage 29/1/1913 Bedwas Monmouthshire
Benjamin Thomas Powell
Gender Male
Marriage Age 29
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date 1884
Marriage Date 29 Jan 1913
Marriage Place Bedwas, Monmouthshire, Wales
Father Benjamin Powell
Spouse Edith Jane Church
Gender Female
Marriage Age 28
Record Type Marriage
Birth Date 1885
Father Alfred George Church
Page number 134
Marriage of Benjamin T. Powell and Edith J. Church registered March quarter 1913 in Pontypool.
A son, Baden Cuthbert Powell, was born on 30th October 1913 and the birth
Benjamin Thomas Powell & Edith J Church's
Son
Baden C Powell
Registration Date1913
Quarter of the Year Oct-Nov-Dec
Registration Place Pontypool, Monmouthshire, Wales
Mother Church
Volume 11a Page 425
WW1 Records
Private 14432 Benjamin Thomas Powell
Killed in Action on Sunday, 30th July 1916, age 32.
Commemorated on Pier and Face 4 A of Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
5th Bn., South Wales Borderers. 58th Brigade of 19th Division.
Husband of Mrs Edith Powell, of 50 South Street, Sebastopol, Newport, Monmouthshire.
Born: Tipton, Enlisted: Newport, Mon., Resident: Sebastapol, Newport, Mon.
Soldier's Papers at National Archives did not survive.
Dod 30/7/1916 (32) KIA France
Burial Benjamin Powell has No known grave
www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/1549022/
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/125 ... mas-powell
Commemorated on Pier and Face 4 A of Thiepval Memorial, Somme, France.
Not commemorated on any Tipton memorial.
Any other info
Benjamin was born in Tipton, however had been living in South Wales since 1890 at the latest.