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Lamps And Able Seaman JOHN ELIAS EVANS

Regiment & Unit/Ship

Merchant Navy

S.S. Orsa (Glasgow)

Date of Death

Died 21 October 1939

Age 42 years old

Buried or commemorated at

NORTH SOMERCOTES CEMETERY

Compt. 1. Grave 80.

United Kingdom

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Elias and Margaret Jane Evans, husband of Alice Evans, of Ardrossan, Ayrshire.
  • N.B. Whilst it is known that this casualty served as Boatswain during his time in the Merchant Navy, there is, unfortunately, no conclusive evidence to confirm that this was the case at the time of his death.
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