Peter Parry-Evans

AI/402, Major, 11 Sikh Regiment. Indian Army.

28/01/45

The grave of Major Peter Parry-Evans in the Taukyyan War Cemetery, Rangoon, Burma.

Peter, born into a soldiering family, was the son of the Reverend Joseph Parry-Evans CMG, CBE, FKC who was the Chaplain Commandant of the Royal Army Chaplains Department and had served in the army with some distinction from 1902 up until 1930 when he retired.

Peter attained his commission into the Indian Army on the 30th November 1936, some eight months after his father’s death. He was promoted to Captain on the 30th August 1942 and became a Major on the 2nd March 1943.

Peter is buried in the Taukyyan War Cemetery, Rangoon, Burma. (26.F.8.)

 

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