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Sergeant Edward George Evans

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Military service

Service number: B/37262
Age: 22
Rank: Sergeant
Force: Army
Unit/Regiment: 1st Canadian Parachute Battalion, R.C.I.C.
Birth: December 3, 1921 Brantford, Ontario
Enlistment: September 27, 1939 Ontario
Death: August 20, 1944 Longval Château, Normandy, France

Burial/memorial information

RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY
Grave reference: IVA. G. 8.
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Son of William Osborne Evans and Jessie Matilda Andrews, of Brantford - Brant, Ontario. Brother of Seaman James Osborne Evans, who died on December 11, 1940, while serving with the Canadian Merchant Navy.

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Second World War (1939 – 1945)

In the Books of Remembrance

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Page 301 of the Second World War Book of Remembrance.
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RANVILLE WAR CEMETERY Calvados, France

Ranville is best reached by taking the D513 north-eastwards out of Caen, and after about 9 kilometres turning left at Herouvillette. Go north for one kilometre and then turn left into Ranville village. The War Cemetery is on Rue des Airbornes.

For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

 

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