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Merfyn Daniel Evans – Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve

Flight Lieutenant Merfyn Daniel Evans – Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve Merfyn Daniel Evans was born in 1913 in Treboeth, Swansea , the son of John Evans and Catherine Evans . His early life unfolded within the northern districts of Swansea, where professional families lived alongside the industrial communities of Morriston and Llangyfelach. Family Life 1921 Census The 1921 Census records the Evans family residing at Plasycoed House, Morriston . Merfyn’s father, John Evans , aged 57 and born in Carmarthenshire, worked as a Clerk and Accountant for the Mond Nickel Company (Nickel Works) — one of the major industrial employers in the Swansea Valley. His wife Catherine , aged 47, managed the household. Their only child present was Merfyn Daniel , aged 8, who was attending school. The census portrays a stable, respectable family rooted in the professional class of early twentieth‑century Swansea. Military Service As a young man, Merfyn joined the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve , ...

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