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Private WILLIAM EDWARD JAMES EVANS

Service Number: 23786
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Welsh Regiment

15th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 21 April 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

D. 44.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Edward and Ellender Evans, of 12, Maesyenew Terrace, Llanhilleth, Newport, Mon.
  • Personal Inscription GREATER LOVE HATH NO MAN THAN TO LAY DOWN HIS LIFE FOR HIS COUNTRY
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Buried or commemorated at

MILLENCOURT COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 345
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