GRIFFITHS, Evan William
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Rank:
Guardsman
Unit / Base:
3 Commando
Regiment/Corps:
Coldstream Guards
Service:
Army
Number:
2664194
Born:
Thursday, January 22, 1920
Birthplace:
Cwm, Radnorshire
Died :
Wednesday, June 7, 1944
Killed in action or died of wounds
Age:
24
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Evan William Griffiths was an agricultural labourer who enlisted into the Coldstream Guards at Hereford on 27 December 1940. After volunteering for the commandos he was attached to No.3 Commando. Guardsman Griffiths was reported missing 7 June 1944 during operations at Normandy, France, later presumed killed in action. Son of Thomas and Jane Griffiths; husband of Violet Kathleen Griffiths, of Staunton-on-Arrow, Herefordshire.
Source
CWGC.
CWGC.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/77 and 99.
Coldstream Guards Enlistment Registers 1940-42.
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