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Private JOHN WATTS EVASON

Service Number: 3913686
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Durham Light Infantry

8th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 11 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RYES WAR CEMETERY, BAZENVILLE

V. J. 8.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of James William and Sophia Evason, of Tredegar, Monmouthshire.
  • Personal Inscription "I HAVE FOUGHT A GOOD FIGHT, I HAVE FINISHED MY COURSE, I HAVE KEPT THE FAITH" 2 TIMOTHY IV.7
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Buried or commemorated at

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