EVANS, Earl Michael
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Rank:
Corporal (Acting Lance Sergeant)
Unit / Base:
1 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Welch Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
3959724
P.O.W. number:
18633
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Friday, September 21, 1917
Died :
Friday, December 27, 1974
Age:
57
Operations:
Earl Michael Evans was a Coal Miner from South Wales who enlisted on 24 March 1938. Prior to volunteering for the Commandos he served in Palestine. Corporal (Acting Sergeant) Evans was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later confirmed a prisoner of war. Embarked for the raid on ML 306. Member of the Commando Association from Caerphilly.
Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives file WO417/3.
Prisoners War / National Archives file WO393/11.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/93/103/2.
German Record Cards of British PoW's / National Archives file WO416/114/73 (closed until 2028).
St Nazaire Society.
Register of Deaths, Merthyr Tydfil, Oct. Nov. Dec. 1974.
England and Wales Government Probate Death Index Glamorganshire.
Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 60 issued March 1975.
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