EVANS, Ralph

Rank: 
Driver
Unit / Base: 
2 Commando
Regiment/Corps: 
Royal Army Service Corps
Service: 
Army
Number: 
T/175282
Died : 
Thursday, July 25, 1940
Died on war service
Died in the UK
Driver Ralph Evans died as a result of an accident during a parachute training exercise at Ringway whilst serving with the original No 2 (Para) Commando. He was the first casualty of the newly raised Commando units.
 
Sources
CWGC.
Casualty Records / National Archives file WO417/16.
The website paradata.org.uk/people/ralph-evans
 
 
Primary Roll of Honour: 
Photo of grave in Gallery: 
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