EVANS, George Lancelotte

Rank: 
Corporal
Unit / Base: 
7 Commando
'Layforce'
Regiment/Corps: 
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders (Liverpool Scottish)
Service: 
Army
Number: 
2931202
P.O.W. number: 
95312
Born: 
Sunday, December 28, 1919
Died: 
1979
Place died: 
Hertfordshire
Corporal George Evans was reported missing 2 June 1941 during operations in Crete, later confirmed a prisoner of war. George Lancelotte Evans from Claughton, Birkenhead, was employed at Birkenhead Central Library before enlisting on 28 April 1939. During his captivity he passed a Library Association Intermediate Exam for Librarians. 

Sources
Casualty Lists / National Archives files WO417/28, 64, and 96.
Prisoners of War / National Archives file WO392/1.
Report in the Liverpool Echo 8 August 1941, p5.
Dir. of Mil. Int.: Liberated Prisoner of War Interrogation Questionnaire 1945/6 / National Archives file WO344/103/2.
 
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