EVANS, Charles
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Rank:
Private
Unit / Base:
2 Independent Company
Regiment/Corps:
Welch Regiment, 4th Bn.
Service:
Army
Service Number:
3958507
P.O.W. number:
13134
P.O.W. camps:
Born:
Monday, February 5, 1912
Charles Evans, a Steel Erector from Llanelly, South Wales, enlisted in 1931. Volunteered for the Independent Companies when they were raised in April 1940. Posted No.2 Independent Company. Embarked with Expeditionary Force to Norway 10 May 1940. Reported missing in action 26 May 1940 Norway, later confirmed a prisoner of war. Forced labour in coal mine close to camp. Escaped 16 April 1945 reaching American lines 22 April 1945. Released from service 13 September 1945.
Sources
No.2 Independent Coy. War Diary Casualty lists.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/13 and 93.
Sources
No.2 Independent Coy. War Diary Casualty lists.
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/13 and 93.
WW2 Medal Cards Index.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/103/2.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/103/2.
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