Alick Bevan

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 killed in action during World War II while serving in the Western Allied invasion of Germany.[2] He was serving as a lieutenant in the Hampshire Regiment 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, the Netherlands.[1]

Alick Bevan
Personal information
Born(1915-03-27)27 March 1915
Wandsworth, London, England
Died24 January 1945(1945-01-24) (aged 29)
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Nazi Germany

References
  1. "Alick Bevan Olympic Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2014.
  2. "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.
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