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Lance Corporal JOHN EVANS

Service Number: L/8988
Regiment & Unit/Ship

The Queen's (Royal West Surrey Regiment)

6th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 July 1916

Age 27 years old

Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY

VIII. A. 9.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of William Henry Evans, of 30, Church Lane, Charlton, London. Born at Guildford.
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Buried or commemorated at

OVILLERS MILITARY CEMETERY
Somme France
Number of casualties: 3563
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