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Born | Wandsworth, London, England | 27 March 1915
Died | 24 January 1945 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nazi Germany | (aged 29)
Alick Bevan (27 March 1915 – 24 January 1945) was a British cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [1]
He was son of Percy and Rose Anne Bevan of Battersea, London. [2]
He was killed in action during World War II while serving in the Western Allied invasion of Germany. [3] He was serving as a lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment who was attached to the 7th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment [2] when he was mortally wounded by a landmine while participating in an operation around the towns of Pütt and Walderath in Heinsberg, western Nazi Germany. He was buried in Brunssum War Cemetery in the Netherlands. [1] [2]
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Born | Wandsworth, London, England | 27 March 1915
Died | 24 January 1945 Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nazi Germany | (aged 29)
Alick Bevan (27 March 1915 – 24 January 1945) was a British cyclist. He competed in the individual and team road race events at the 1936 Summer Olympics. [1]
He was son of Percy and Rose Anne Bevan of Battersea, London. [2]
He was killed in action during World War II while serving in the Western Allied invasion of Germany. [3] He was serving as a lieutenant in the East Surrey Regiment who was attached to the 7th Battalion of the Hampshire Regiment [2] when he was mortally wounded by a landmine while participating in an operation around the towns of Pütt and Walderath in Heinsberg, western Nazi Germany. He was buried in Brunssum War Cemetery in the Netherlands. [1] [2]