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Revision as of 13:06, 24 October 2017
Personnel Entry
Name Evans Lloyd Wilmot
Army number 303047
Rank Second Lieutenant
Decorations Not known
Date of birth Born 29/6/1924
Age Not known
Unit Commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the Middlesex Regiment 24/12/1943. Posted to Second Battalion Princess Louise's Kensington Regiment. Relinquished commission on the grounds of disability 18/1/1947 and granted the Honorary Rank of Lieutenant.
Company/Battery Not yet confirmed.
Platoon or other sub-unit
Task or role Not known
Joined Brigade Date not yet known
Promotions War Substantive lieutenant.
Wounded Lost an eye in combat in Italy with DLI.
Prisoner of War Not as far as is known.
Died/Killed in action Died in Canada 26/3/2011
Home address
Source table
In Lieutenant Evans' Obituary, which can be found online here the text indicates that he was an Officer of The Durham Light Infantry. No mention of him has been found in the McGregor Index at Durham County Arvhives, nor is there any mention in the London Gazette of him having transferred to the DLI from the Middlesex Regiment. Further investigations will be made in case there is a confusion of identity.
