Bernard Evans
Service number
1738627
Military unit
1 Personnel Holding Unit Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve
Address
1 Albany Drive, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Date of birth
Date of death
21 Feb 1946 (22 years old)
Place of birth
Mansfield Woodhouse, Nottinghamshire
Employment, education or hobbies
Unknown
- Family History
- Military history
- Extra information
- Photographs
Family history
Son of Harry and Sarah Hannah Evans of Mansfield Woodhouse. Harry died in 1923 only a few weeks after Bernard's birth.
In 1939 the family were living at 1 Albany Drive, Mansfield Woodhouse.
Siblings: Eleanor (1911), Harry(1913), lawrence (1915), Vera (1918) and Keneeth (1921).
Military history
Based with the 1 Personnel Holding Unit at Innsworth, Gloucestershire. This base was a non flying base and opened in 1940 as a training centre for fitters and mechanics. Later it became a W.A.A.F training centre. Shortly after the war ended the RAF Base Accounts were moved there from York and this operation grew to become the Central Pay Office and the RAF Personnel and Training Command.
Extra information
Unknown
Photographs
Photo of Bernard Evans
CWGC Headstone
Photo of Bernard Evans
CWGC Headstone