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Lance Corporal JOHN WILLIAM EVANS

Service Number: 17781
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Coldstream Guards

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 13 April 1918

Age 22 years old

Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

II. D. 21.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of John and Sarah Evans, of 16, Westfield Rd., Acock's Green, Birmingham, Native of Warrington.
  • Personal Inscription UNTIL THE DAY BREAK & THE SHADOWS FLEE AWAY
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Buried or commemorated at

MERVILLE COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Nord France
Number of casualties: 1031
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