David Morgan Evans
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FullnameDavid Morgan Evans
Born21 April 1911
Glynneath, Wales
Glynneath, Wales
Died24 May 1941 (aged 30)
HMS Hood, Denmark Strait, off Greenland
HMS Hood, Denmark Strait, off Greenland
PositionForwards
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| Full name | David Morgan Evans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 21 April 1911 Glynneath, Wales | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 24 May 1941 (aged 30) HMS Hood, Denmark Strait, off Greenland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Forwards | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Position | Prop | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Allegiance |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service |  Royal Navy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years of service | -1941 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Rank | Stoker Second Class | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Service number | P/KX 108911[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Battles / wars | Second World War | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
David Morgan Evans (21 April 1911 – 24 May 1941) was a Welsh rugby union, and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1930s. He played club level rugby union (RU) for Glynneath RFC and Neath RFC, as a forward, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, as a prop.[1]
David Evans was born in Glynneath, Wales, he joined the Royal Navy as a stoker 2nd Class during World War II, and died aged 30 in the Denmark Strait, between Iceland and Greenland, when HMS Hood was sunk in the Battle of the Denmark Strait by the German battleship Bismarck on Saturday 24 May 1941.[3]
