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Apr 27, 1880 St Asaph, Wales, United Kingdom Died on 03 Dec 1951 (aged 71)
British, Welsh songwriter and lyricist
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About George Henry Powell
- George Henry Powell (27 April 1880 – 3 December 1951) was a Welsh songwriter who, under the pseudonym George Asaf, wrote the lyrics of the marching song "Pack Up Your Troubles in Your Old Kit-Bag" in 1915. The music was written by his brother Felix Powell, and the song was entered into a World War I competition for "best morale-building song".
- It won first prize and was noted as "perhaps the most optimistic song ever written".
- Although Felix Powell was an enthusiastic Staff Sergeant in the British Army, George Powell was a pacifist, and became a conscientious objector when conscription was imposed in 1916.
