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John Powis was my grandfather. He served with a Field Artillery Battery attached to the 46th North Midland Division T. F. having joined up in 1914 with his future brother-in-law William Northall. John Powis would not "bear arms" so elected to join the RAMC rather than go back down a coal mine as he was a professional coal hewer in the family-owned mine at Sedgeley. Decorated for bravery under fire in July 1916 at Gommecourt Wood, he was "Honourably Discharged" on 7th April 1919 with his certificate being signed by the King.
We have this framed with his medal and ribbon for posterity
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