Surname
and Initials
(or Forename)
Nationality
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Service
Regiment,
etc
Service No
Rank
Date Enlisted
Age at Enlistment
Locality on Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Next of Kin
Fought at
Date Discharged
Age at Discharge
Posting at Discharge
Place of
Discharge
'Demob'
No.
WW2 Honours & Gallantry
Prisoner of War
Killed?
Age at Death
Buried at
Further Comments
POWDITCH,  Alan Cecil Robert  
UK
(British)
14 Apr
1912
Romford,
Essex
Army
51st
Royal
Tank
Regiment
1941
1946
Received
 the M.C.
in 1944




POWDITCH,  Alan Percy William


UK
(British)


23 Mar 1923


Rue du Pre, Guernsey


Army
''Home
Guard'
c1940
17
Salisbury (Wiltshire)


POWDITCH,
Gwen
(nee Green)
n/a
joined Regular Army
21
n/a
No
No
n/a
n/a
Too young to join any of the        
"forces", Alan, was enlisted in
the ''Home Guard'
60th Infantry Battalion
(a.k.a. the King's Royal Rifle Corps)
Corporal / Wireless
Operator
27 Feb 1945
21
Salisbury (Wiltshire)
Recruiting Centre,
refer
to
Comments
c1946
23
Army
Camp at Ogbourne St.George, near Marlborough, (Wiltshire)
No
No
n/a
n/a
Thus it was that towards the end
of the Second World War, Alan
joined the Regular Army.
Please click here for details re
Alan Percy William Powditch's
involvement in WW2
POWDITCH,  Clyde Hedley  
Australian
20 Oct
1918
Paddington,
N.S.W.
Army
Australian
Army
NX112671
(N37446)
Captain
Unknown
not known
Haberfield,
N.S.W.
Unknown
POWDITCH,
Dorothy
not
known
27 Nov 1945
27
HQ 5 AUST DIV
"None for Display"
No
No
n/a
n/a
POWDITCH,  Douglas (Doug)
James
UK
(British)
8 May 1919

Cardiff,
South Wales
RAF
R.A.F.
Bomber Squadron,
No. 233 (?)
Leading Aircraftsman
1942
POWDITCH,
Iris Eileen (nee Jarman)
1946
27
Cardington, Shropshire
(England)
1406145
After training in Blackpool, he
was posted to Lincoln, and saw
action in Norway, France,
Belgium, and Germany, before
being demobbed.
POWDITCH,  Eileen Vera
UK
(British)
26 May
1920
Acton,
London
Women's
Army
not known
POWDITCH,  
George Albert
UK
(British)
25 Mar
1926
Mansfield,
Army
Royal Artillery
 (Yorks and
Lancs)
&
Sherwood
Foresters
Sergeant
1946
No
n/a
n/a
During his years in the Army,
George was based in France,
Germany, Italy, Cyprus, Hong-
Kong and Singapore, as well as
the low Countries.
POWDITCH,  
John
UK
(British)
9 Apr 1915

Cardiff,
South Wales
RAF
not
known
not
known
not
known
Wynne Statam
(nee Raven)
not known
not
known
not
known
not
known
not
known
No
No
61
(died on 22 Jan 1977)
During the Second World War,
John was in the R.A.F. and flew
for "Coastal Command".
Known as "periscope Powditch",
he was for a while, stationed at
Uist, one of the Outer Hebrides
islands, off the western coast of
northern Scotland.
Later, he was to be stationed in
Ireland; to fly over Berlin on the
night of the 1000 Bombers; and
to be a Warrant Officer in Africa.
POWDITCH,  
John Francis
James
Australian
28 Feb
1910
Adelaide,
S.A.
Army
Australian
Army
S111674
Private
20 Dec
1941
31
St Morris,
S.A.
Kensington,
S.A.
POWDITCH,
Elsie
not
known
22 Nov
1945
35
26
Australian
Infantry
Battalion
"None for
Display"
No
No
n/a
n/a
POWDITCH,
Raymond Urban
UK
(British)
24 Sep 1914
Rue du Pre,
Guernsey
Army
R.A.O.C.
(Royal Army Ordinance
Corp)
Armament Artificer (Guns)
17 Oct 1939
(or before)
Please click here for details re 
Raymond Urban Powditch's
involvement in WW2
POWDITCH,
Raymond
Vernon
UK
(British)
1912
Hendon,
Middlesex
Army
R.A.O.C.
1st Divn.
Workshops
at  East
Dereham,
Norfolk
Commanding
Officer
(1942)
POWDITCH,
Rex John
LeHuray
UK
(British)
3 July 1919
St. Peter Port, Guernsey
Navy
H.M.S. Cruisers,
East Coast Convoys,
etc
Petty Officer
Telegraphist
Mar
1937
18
Devonport, near Plymouth, Devon
POWDITCH,
Ursula
(nee Anderson)
refer
to
Comments
c1945
26
No
n/a
n/a
Please click here for details 
re Rex John LeHuray Powditch's
involvement in WW2
POWDITCH,  
Stanley
Anderson
Australian
12 Feb
1914
Brunswick,
Vic.
Army
Australian
Army
VX95903
Lance
Corporal
12 Dec
1944
30
Elwood,
Vic.
Royal Park,
Vic.
POWDITCH,
Mavis
not
known
2 Mar
1948
34
AHQ SIGS
"None for
Display"
No
No
n/a
n/a
POWDITCH,  Tom (Thomas)
UK
(British)
Army
Second-in-
Command
to Lt. Col. Shand.
1945
After 1941, Tom - with his
previous experience in the First
World War - was called up to
serve in the Second World War,
and until the end of 1945, he
was employed in the training of
troops, for the area around
Belper; he being Second-in-
Command to Lt. Col. Shand.
POWDITCH,  Thomas Rees  
UK
(British)
31 Dec
1920/27
Splott,
Cardiff
Army
POWDITCH,
Wells Urban Kendle
UK
(British)
19 March
1892
Guernsey,
Channel
Islands
Army
6th Battalion Royal Wiltshires
Corporal
Please click here for details re
Wells Urban Kendle Powditch's
involvement in WW2
Security Police - a division of the
Military Police
"Blue Caps"
POWDITCH,
William John
UK
(British)
Army
Home Guard,
at Belper
POWDITCH, William John Joseph
Australian
7 Aug 1905
St Peters, S.A.
Army
Australian Army
S2674
Sergeant
3 Apr 1941
35
St Morris, S.A.
Keswick, S.A.
POWDITCH, Marcia
not known
19 Nov 1945
40
5 AUST DIV Salvage Unit
"None for Display"
No
No
n/a
n/a
Surname
and Initials
(or Forename)
Nationality
Date of Birth
Place of Birth
Service
Regiment,
etc
Service No.
Rank
Date Enlisted
Age at Enlistment
Locality on Enlistment
Place of Enlistment
Next of Kin
Fought at
Date Discharged
Age at Discharge
Posting at Discharge
WW2 Honours & Gallantr
Prisoner of War
Killed?
Age at death
Buried at
Further Comments

Much of the above information was kindly extracted from
www.gwm.gov.au  (the Australian War Museum's Web-site)
by Robert Nilson, who said of it;-
"Every veteran is now listed on the web site.  This is one of the best web sites ever
 put together.   If you have time, look it up at some time"

Other information has kindly been provided by living descendants of those who fought in WW2.