Stoker 1st Class R/KX 125791 James Powell
Regiment: Royal Navy - H.M.S. Minster
Theatre of War: At Sea.
Age at death: 30
Date of death: 8th of June 1944
Born: St Helens, Lancs
Resided: St Helens, Lancs
Burial / Memorial: Portsmouth Naval Memorial
Family details:
Son of James and Mary Jane Powell, of St. Helens, Lancashire.
Census details:
1939 Register. James is not found and is too old to be the one member of the household that is redacted. Father James Powell born 21/01/1886 a General Labourer, mother Mary J Powell born 12/11/1886 an Unpaid Domestic, sisters Margaret McGowan (Powell) born 07/08/1917 a Daily Cleaner, Catherine Canning (Powell) born 01/10/1919 a Daily Cleaner and brother Joseph Powell born 24/05/1924 a Butchers Assistant are living at 103 Peter Street, St Helens. Also at the address is Thomas Davies born 23/12/1882 a Labourer (Water Motor).
HMT Minster
Net Layer Trawler
HMS Minster left Torquay on the evening of 5th June 1944. In command of the ship was Lieutenant Commander Jackson. On the 8th June she was acting as escort for the Mulberry units heading for Omaha beach. At about mid-day she was in the Seine Bay near the Cardonnet Bank when she struck a mine. As most of the crew were below decks at mess the majority of the crew were lost.
[pic]imgs/sppics/Powell_James_125791.jpg[/pic][caption]A dedication to Stoker 1st Class James Powell at St Helens Cemetery
(Picture courtesy of Jeff Keenan)[/caption]
