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• Name EVANS
• Initials W
• First name WILLIAM
• Place of birth Ruspidge, Cinderford
• Country Gloucestershire, England
• Last residence Lower Ruspidge, Cinderford, Gloucestershire
• Family Son of James (coal mine worker) and Blanche (Louisa) Hail.
  Two sisters: Mary (1887) and Rose (1891).
  Two brothers, one also killed in WW1; another joined the Navy.
• Profession Coal miner,Eastern United Colliery, Ruspidge

Military service

• Place & date of enlistment January 1915
• Service number 17940
• Rank Private
• Medals British War Medal and Victory Medal.
• Regiment and unit 13th Bn. Gloucestershire Regiment
• Division - Brigade Pioneers
• Army - Corps - Division 39th Division
• National force B.E.F.
• Other data related to military career Enlisted January 1915 in 13th Battn. Gloucestershire

Death

• Wounded 11 November
• Type of wounds Died at 4.45 p.m.
• Date of death 11 November 1917
• Died at the age of 21
• Grave reference Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery XXII - HH - 13

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