EVANS, Frank
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Devonshire Regiment
Service:
Army
Number:
5617635
P.O.W. number:
18680
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Wednesday, October 23, 1918
Operations:
Frank Evans from Exeter enlisted on 7 April 1933. Completed a course on military musical instruction in London becoming a military bandsman. He volunteered for the Commandos during the war. Private Evans, No.2 Commando, was reported missing 28 March 1942 after Operation Chariot at St. Nazaire, later confirmed a prisoner of war. Embarked for the raid on motor launch ML262. Previously served at the S.T.C. and No.3 Commando*. Member of the Commando Association.
Sources
Casualty Lists 1939-45 / 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 WO344/103/2.
St Nazaire Society website.
*Obituaries in Commando Association newsletter 115 issued September 2002.
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