Alick Bevan
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|---|---|
| Born | 27 March 1915 Wandsworth, London, England |
| Died | 24 January 1945 (aged 29) Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nazi Germany |
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]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Alick Bevan Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
- ^ a b c [1] CWGC Casualty Record, retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
External links
[edit]- Alick Bevan at ProCyclingStats
- Alick Bevan at Olympedia
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