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Gunner WILLIAM EVANS

Service Number: 116949
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Field Artillery

"D" Bty. 235th Bde.

Date of Death

Died 23 August 1918

Age 25 years old

Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION

VI. C. 36.

France

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  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Native of Pendleton. Son of Mary Evans, of 87, Lower Seedley Rd., Seedley, Manchester, and the late William Evans.
  • Personal Inscription FATHER IN THY GRACIOUS KEEPING LEAVE WE NOW THY SERVANT SLEEPING
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Buried or commemorated at

DAOURS COMMUNAL CEMETERY EXTENSION
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1231
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