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Second Lieutenant GEORGE ERNEST KNIGHTLY EVANS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Leinster Regiment

3rd Bn.

Date of Death

Died 03 September 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL

XVI. M. 9.

France

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  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 2nd Bn. Royal Irish Regiment
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of George Knightly Evans, of Killorglin and Towers Hotel, Glenbeigh, Co. Kerry.
  • Personal Inscription SACRED HEART OF JESUS HAVE MERCY ON HIM MARY IMMACULATE PRAY FOR HIM
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Buried or commemorated at

DELVILLE WOOD CEMETERY, LONGUEVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 5523
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