WILLIAMS, EVAN Rank: Fireman and Trimmer Date of Death: 26/02/1945 Age: 25 Regiment/Service: Merchant Navy S.S. Auretta (London) Panel Reference: Panel 12. Memorial: TOWER HILL MEMORIALhttp://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/2794004/
UK, Merchant Seamen Deaths, 1939 -1953 Name: Evan Williams Age: 25 Birth Date: abt 1920 Birth Place: Anglesey, N. Wales Death Date: 26 Feb 1945 Death Place: At Sea Mother: Annie In the same incident: EVERITT, HARRY Rank:Fireman and Trimmer Date of Death:26/02/1945 Age:19 Regiment/Service:Merchant Navy S.S. Auretta (London) Panel Reference: Panel 12. Memorial:TOWER HILL MEMORIAL Additional Information:Son of Harry and Mary Everitt, of Hull. TD edited to add: SS Auretta
26 February 1945 Off the Scheldt Estuary the cargo ship Auretta bound for Antwerp was sunk by a mine.
