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225607 CQMS Henry Daniel "Taffy" Bevan MID British Army 1st Btn Welch Regiment from:Clydach Vale My grandfather Henry Daniel Bevan joined the Welch Regiment aged 17 as his date of birth is incorrect on his enlistment papers. He joined the 1st Battalion Welch but was transferred to 2nd Battalion in India and served 7 years (1931-38) before returning to UK as a civilian. He married in August 1939 and was recalled when WW2 started serving in Palestine and Egypt with 1st Battalion Welch at Mersa Matruh and Alexandria. He survived the German invasion of Crete and was fortunate to be evacuated back to Alexandria, Egypt where he then joined the Long Range Desert Group (LRDG). He was Colour Quartermaster Sergeant (CQMS) at Siwa, Kufra and Jalo oasis with the LRDG before being captured in the Dodecanese Islands. Henry was Mentioned in Despatches in the London Gazette on 24th June 1943 for gallant and distinguished service between 1st May and 22nd October 1942 Transferred to Greece as a POW, he managed to escape with 2 other men from a German train transporting them to a camp and he spent 7 months in Yugoslavia working with the partisans. The US 15th Airforce repatriated him to Bari, Italy in July 1944 then he returned home to Clydach Vale in Wales. My mother Valerie then aged 5 met her father for the first time. He was then posted to Welch Regt HQ in Brecon in a training/drafting role and later to Ballyedmond, Northern Ireland with the 14th Battalion Welch Regt. He died in 2013. Michael Evans Add to this record.  Related Content: 1st Battalion, Welch Regiment Can you help us to add to our records? Add a record to our website. The names and stories on this website have been submitted by their relatives and friends. If your relations are not listed please add their names so that others can read about them Did you or your relatives live through the Second World War? Do you have any photos, newspaper clippings, postcards or letters from that period? Have you researched the names on your local or war memorial? Were you or your relative evacuated? Did an air raid affect your area? If so please let us know. Help us to build a database of information on those who served both at home and abroad so that future generations may learn of their sacrifice. Contact us. Celebrate your own Family History Celebrate by honouring members of your family who served in the Secomd World War both in the forces and at home. We love to hear about the soldiers, but also remember the many who served in support roles, nurses, doctors, land army, muntions workers etc. Please use our Family History resources to find out more about your relatives. Then please send in a short article, with a photo if possible, so that they can be remembered on these pages.

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