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Sapper JOHN JOSEPH EVANS

Service Number: 2116526
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Engineers

591 Parachute Sqn.

Date of Death

Died 06 June 1944

Age 24 years old

Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY

Coll. grave VA. D. 3-8.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of Joseph and Lily Evans, of Holmes, Rotherham, Yorkshire.
  • Personal Inscription WE NEVER HAD A CHANCE TO SAY GOOD-BYE BUT IN MY HEART YOU WILL NEVER DIE
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Buried or commemorated at

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Calvados France
Number of casualties: 2566
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