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An Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc.

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An Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc. An Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc. An Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc.





An Excellent & Unusual
QUEEN'S SOUTH AFRICA MEDAL
(CHIEF CARPENTERS MATE, HMS BARRACOUTA)
& 1914-15 Trio.

An Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc. To:
Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant.
CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N.
With service record from 1900 to 1912 & a lovely original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. Mr Powell had a superb set of character and service reports from his various captains. He was clearly an excellent chap. No wonder they promoted him.
Born 27th June 1867 at Sheerness, Kent, he started life in the Royal Navy as a basic carpenter. He rose to the rank of Shipwright Lieutenant on 1st April 1916 , with a retirement on 27th June 1922.
His various postings were:

HMS THUNDERER
HMS CHALLENGER
HMS REPULSE
HMS ACHERON
HMS IRRESISTABLE
HMS TRIUMPH

An Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc. WITH SEVEN PAGES OF COLOUR COPY PAPERS INCLUDING 1911 CENSUS SHOWING POWELL's POSTING TO HMS TRIUMPH at SHEERNESS,KENT. He was a married man and Church of England by religious persuasion.
Much more Boer War & WW1 research possible.


A Scarce group to a senior naval tradesman.
An Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc. ALL MEDALS PRACTICALLY 'MINT' £695

An Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc.

An Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc.
£695

An Excellent & Unusual QSA & 1914-15 Trio. To: Carpenter & Shipwright Lieutenant. CHARLES JAMES WELLSPRING POWELL . R.N. With service record & an original uniformed photograph in officers uniform. HMS BARRACOUTA etc.