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Second Lieutenant DOUGLAS ALBAN St. JOHN EVANS

Service Number: 77822
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

246 Field Coy.

Date of Death

Died 31 May 1940

Age 23 years old

Buried or commemorated at

VEURNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

A. 3.

Belgium

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Awards Mentioned in Despatches
  • Additional Info Son of Evan and Edith Mary Evans; husband of Cecilia Evans, of Shirehampton, Bristol. B.Sc., Eng. (Lond.).
  • Personal Inscription STRANGER, PAUSE WITH GRATITUDE & PRIDE; REMEMBER THOSE WHO FOUGHT FOR YOU & DIED
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Buried or commemorated at

VEURNE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
West-Vlaanderen Belgium
Number of casualties: 79
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