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{{Personnel
|Surname and forenames=Welford Evan
|Army number=2056732
|Rank=L/Sgt
|Decorations=M.M.
|Age=0
|Unit=Royal Engineers, Trf Durham Light Infantry (date not known), Posted 10th Bn DLI, Trf Green Howards, Green Howards Enlistment Book Missing,
|Task or role=Platoon Sergeant
|Promotions=Sgt
|Source table=10DLI
}}

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 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
 |Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/2/1994 in Glasgow.
-|Home address= Father John Hymer Welford.  Mother Hannah Hall.  Married Elizabeth Ross Mary Leyden of Glasgow - then serving as a Private in the A.T.S.
+|Home address=Worked as a Coal Miner.  Father John Hymer Welford.  Mother Hannah Hall.  Married Elizabeth Ross Mary Leyden of Glasgow - then serving as a Private in the A.T.S.
 }}

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	\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/2/1994 in Glasgow.		\|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/2/1994 in Glasgow.
	\|Home address= Father John Hymer Welford. Mother Hannah Hall. Married Elizabeth Ross Mary Leyden of Glasgow - then serving as a Private in the A.T.S.		\|Home address= Father John Hymer Welford. Mother Hannah Hall. Married Elizabeth Ross Mary Leyden of Glasgow - then serving as a Private in the A.T.S.
		+	}}

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 |Army number=2056732
 |Rank=Lance Sergeant.
-|Decorations=Service awards. Military Medal  Citation for the MM relates to 29th July 1944 at Rauray and is available at The National Archives.
+|Decorations=Service awards - including the France and Germany Star. Military Medal  Citation for the MM relates to 29th July 1944 at Rauray and is available at The National Archives.  He commanded a Platoon on the flank of the Battalion and withstood several hours of intense and close range enemy fire, preventing an enemy incursion.  The award was gazetted in October 1944.
 |Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers, Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry (date not yet known). Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the Green Howards -  date not yet confirmed but probably on the disbanding of the Battalion.  Green Howards Enlistment Book for this period missing.  According to his medal card he subsequently transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment.
 |Task or role=Platoon Sergeant in command of a Platoon.
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 |Image Name=Screenshotwelford_mm.png
 |Image Title=Lance Sergeant Evan Welford M.M.
-|Date of birth=Born 1921.
+|Date of birth=Born 1921 in West Auckland, County Durham.
 |Age=71 or 72 at the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/2/1994.
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/2/1994 in Glasgow.
-|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).  Full details not yet available but he appeared to live in Glasgow.
+|Home address= Father John Hymer Welford.  Mother Hannah Hall.  Married Elizabeth Ross Mary Leyden of Glasgow - then serving as a Private in the A.T.S.
-}}

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 |Rank=Lance Sergeant.
 |Decorations=Service awards. Military Medal  Citation for the MM relates to 29th July 1944 at Rauray and is available at The National Archives.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers, Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry (date not yet known). Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the Green Howards -  date not yet confirmed but probably on the disbanding of the Battalion.  Green Howards Enlistment Book for this period missing.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers, Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry (date not yet known). Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the Green Howards -  date not yet confirmed but probably on the disbanding of the Battalion.  Green Howards Enlistment Book for this period missing.  According to his medal card he subsequently transferred to the Gloucestershire Regiment.
 |Task or role=Platoon Sergeant in command of a Platoon.
 |Promotions=Sergeant.
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 |Image Name=Screenshotwelford_mm.png
 |Image Title=Lance Sergeant Evan Welford M.M.
-|Date of birth=Not yet ascertained.
+|Date of birth=Born 1921.
-|Age=(At time of death).
+|Age=71 or 72 at the time of his death.
 |Company/Battery=Not yet known.
 |Platoon or other Sub-Unit=Not yet known.
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 |Wounded=Not so far as is known.
 |Prisoner of War=Not so far as is known.
-|Died/Killed in action=Date of death not yet known.
+|Died/Killed in action=Date of death 26/2/1994.
-|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).  Details not yet available.
+|Home address= (To include family and marital details where possible).  Full details not yet available but he appeared to live in Glasgow.
 }}

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 |Army number=2056732
 |Rank=Lance Sergeant.
-|Decorations=Service awards. Military Medal  Citation not yet traced.
+|Decorations=Service awards. Military Medal  Citation for the MM relates to 29th July 1944 at Rauray and is available at The National Archives.
-|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers, Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry (date not yet known). Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Transferred to the Green Howards -  date not yet confirmed.  Green Howards Enlistment Book for this period missing.
+|Unit=Enlisted in the Royal Engineers, Transferred to The Durham Light Infantry (date not yet known). Posted to the 10th Battalion DLI.  Served Normandy.  Transferred to the Green Howards -  date not yet confirmed but probably on the disbanding of the Battalion.  Green Howards Enlistment Book for this period missing.
-|Task or role=Platoon Sergeant
+|Task or role=Platoon Sergeant in command of a Platoon.
 |Promotions=Sergeant.
 |Source table=10DLI