POVEY,
W. H.
Povey,
Willie Heath, Sergeant, 14008, 10th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment
Born
Tintwistle, Derbyshire
Enlisted
Glossop, Derbyshire
Resided
Hollingworth, Cheshire
Killed
in action 7th February 1917 aged 27
Son
of George Povey, of 51, Primrose Lane, Glossop, Derbyshire, and the
late Catherine Povey
Commemorated
on the Ploegsteert Memorial
1911
Census:
A fibre works labourer
Brother
of Ernest Povey, a groom, of 40, New Road, Tintwistle, Derbyshire
Willie's mother had died, his father had remarried and moved to The Red House Hollingworth.
Willie Heath Povey was born in 1892, the son of George Povey and Catherine, formerly Heath, who were married in 1879 at St Thomas' Church, Hyde.
Commemorated on the memorial at: Hadfield and Tintwistle.
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