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Lance Bombardier WILLIAM JOHN EVANS

Service Number: 944460
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Artillery

21 Anti-Tank Regt.

Date of Death

Died 29 June 1944

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

III. G. 7.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William John and Emily Evans; husband of Mildred Emily Evans, of Arundel, Sussex.
  • Personal Inscription CALLED TO HIGHER SERVICE. MY BELOVED HUSBAND AND DARLING DADDY OF MAUREEN MISSED BY HIS WIFE MILLIE, MUM, DAD, BROTHERS AND SISTERS
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Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 988
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