Roy Powles

The bottom photo shows Roy Powles from Milkwall. This is a detail taken from a group photo of 4th Bn. Royal Tank Corps Rugby Football XV 1938-1939.
Roy died aged 23yrs  from his wounds suffered at Dunkirk and is buried at Dover Cemetery. He was one of Four brothers from Milkwall who went to war. The others being: Ken, who was killed and is buried in a military cemetery in Holland and Don and Edwin who both survived the war

Back Row: l to r: Sergt.J.T.Dalby. Pte. S.Olsson. L/Corpl. C.T.Jones. Pte. A..Coomer. L/Corpl. S.A.Jonston. Corpl. S.B.Ferguson. Pte. A.J.Mellor. Pte. A.S.Mitchell. Pte. T.Hill. 2/Lieut.Walmesley-Cotham.
Front Row: l to r: 1- L/Corpl. W.E.Lee. 2- Pte. D.Evans,.3- 2/Lieut.R.J.C.Williamson, 4- Lieut. T.H.Gibbon, 5- 2/Lieut.F.W.Garth, 6- 2/Lieut. J.G.Hoare, 7- Pte. R.Powles.

Anon. added (June 2023): "...  Front Row: l to r: 4. Lieut. Thomas Holroyd Gibbon was the battalion Technical Adjutant in France 1940, 6. 2/Lieut. James 'Jumbo' Gordon Hoare was commander of a section of I tanks in France".

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