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L/Cpl. Alexender Esson
British Army 6th Battalion Gordon Highlanders
from:71 Dunbar St, Aberdeen
(d.11th April 1918)
Alexander Esson was, or would have been, my great uncle. One of his sisters became my grandmother. I am currently researching my family history (most of whom came from Aberdeen), and discovered that Alex and his brother James Ross Esson serving as a driver with the Royal Field Artillery were killed in the Great War. James died of wounds on 20th of February 1917. With the death of Alex, the family lost both of their sons.
Sjt. T. Estill
Army Durham Light Infantry
(d.16th Sep 1916)
Nurse. Mary "Scottie" Etchells
British Red Cross
Mary Etchells was my great aunt. She originally nursed at Guys Hospital, London before coming to Sussex Lodge in 1915 (I think). She married a chap called Etchells, her certificate recognising her wartime service in the Red Cross has her as Mrs Mary Etchells.
My mother is long deceased and lost touch with Mary until the 1970s when she was found to be living in Helensburgh in Scotland, in rather poor circumstances, I believe. She moved to a little cottage in Girvan where she lived quite happily for a number of years and was regularly visited by my mother and father and me and my mother`s sister. They also spoke almost daily on the phone with her so that she was never really alone.
She is buried in Old Monkland Cemetery in Coatbridge, beside her late husband, who, according to the headstone was a descendant of an Archbishop of Canterbury. Amongst her meagre possessions was her Red Cross Wartime Certificate and a leather bound album full of autographs, poems, drawings and cartoons written by the soldiers, all officers she had nursed. This is probably my most prized possession.
Cpl. Frederick Ethell
Australian Imperial Forces 38th Btn.
from:Armadale, Victoria, Australia.
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Spr. Edward Percy Etheridge
British Army 517th Field Company Royal Engineers
from:Finsbury Park,London
(d.29th May 1917)
Edward Etheridge was the son of Arthur & Mary of Islington. He served overseas after 1st January 1916. Edward was killed in action but has no known grave, he is remembered with honour at Chester Farm Cemetery.
L/Cpl. Thomas Etherington
British Army 18th Btn. Durham Light Infantry
from:6 Belgrave St, Darlington
(d.10th Apr 1917)
Thomas Etherington enlisted in Darlington on the 9th of September 1914 a month after his 19th birthday, he is described as being 5' 8 and a 1/4, fair hair and grey eyes, weighing 141lbs with a 36" chest, previously employed as a motor mechanic. He trained at Cocken Hall from the 28th of September and was promoted to Lance Corporal on the 22nd of Oct 1914.
Thomas served in Egypt and France with the 18th Btn. He suffered a gun shot wound to his right forearm on the 3rd of July 1916, after being treated by 92nd Field Ambulance RAMC, he was admitted to 6th General Hospital and on the 5th was transferred to England on the Hospital ship Astaurias and spent a week being treated at the 1st Southern General Hospital in Edgbaston, Birmingham, before convalescing for 40days and after recovering he was posted to 4th DLI at Seaham in September. He was posted to the 15th Btn DLI on Christmas Eve 1916 and returned to France.
Thomas was killed on the night of the 9th/10th of April 1917 whilst serving with the 15th Battalion, DLI. He was the son of John and Martha Etherington and had one sister Elsie.
Pte. George Ethrington
British Army 24th (Tyneside Irish) Battalion Northumberland Fusiliers
from:Coxhoe
George Etherington was discharged in 1918 wounded
Pte. James Henry Eustace
British Army 8th Battalion Princess Charlotte of Wales Royal Berkshire Regime
from:Briton Ferry, Neath, Wales
(d.25th Sep 1915)
James Henry Eustace died at the Battle of Loos. The family has no information as to whether he is remembered on any epitaph or monument in France. All we know is he is listed as killed in action.
His father, Thomas Henry Eustis, (as the surname was spelt until he enrolled) died in 1900 when James was 5 years old. James's younger brother, Gabriel, enrolled in 1916, after James's death and survived the war. Which must have been a relief to their mother, Matilda, after having already lost her husband at the age of 28, leaving her with three children under the age of 8, with no way of supporting them and so having to give the first born child, a daughter to her in-laws to bring up. Losing both sons I think would have been unbearable
Pte Laurie Eva
British Army 1st Battalion Essex Regiment
from:Southend
(d.1st July 1916)
Pte. A. Evans
British Army 1st Btn. Royal Scots Fusiliers
(d.6th Feb 1915)
Pte. A. Evans was executed for desertion, 06/02/1915 aged 16 and is buried in Locre Churchyard, Belgium.
Capt. A. J. Evans
Royal Flying Corps
Capt Evans was a POW at two camps, Ingoldstadt and Clausthal. He was a dedicated escapee, making five attempts during his time as a POW.
CSM Albert Evans
British Army 8th Battalion South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Lichfield
(d.5th November 1916)
Sgt. Alfred Evans
British Army 17th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Ashton Under Lyne
My Grandfather Alfred Evans was a Sargent in the King Liverpool Regiment, I come across a photo album and am collating the material to make up a scrapbook for my grandson. He was in Aberlour Military Hospital and Lamsdorf POW camp. I am interested to fill the gaps.
I have other postcards naming Charlie Bingham, East Lancs Regiment, Lagerette Lamsdorf, dated 15th December 1918, also A. Bango Royal Field Artillery, P. Flanders North East Lancashire Regiment, F. Harbridge Royal Army Medical Corps, Tom Scott Machine Gun Corps and Pte William Shepperson (Old Bill).
Pte Alfred Evans
British Army 2nd Rhondda Battalion Welch Regiment
(d.10th July 1916)
Pte. Arnold Evans
British Army 4th Btn. Coldstream Guards
Arnold Evans of the 4th Coldstream Guards, short service Attestation 26th November 1915 at Manchester, was my grandfather
Pte. Arnold Evans
British Army 3rd Btn. Coldstream Guards
My Grandfather Arnold Evans enlisted on the 14th of November 1914 as Private 20159 along with the following:-
- 20160 Pte. Albert G Whitlock
- 20162 Pte. Leonard Benson
- 20164 Pte. John Brown
- 20165 Pte. William Strong
- 20166 Pte. John B Turnbull
- 20167 Pte. George Collins
- 20169 Pte. Wilfred Laine
- 20170 Pte. William Greenfield
- 20171 Pte. Herbert E.L Bridger
Pte. Arthur Owen Evans
Australian Imperial Force. 13th Btn.
from:New South Wales
(d.10th Jun 1917)
Arthur Evans was born at Rhoshill, Pembrokeshire, the son of John and Elizabeth Evans. He was educated at Bridell Council School and in 1910 Arthur and his sister emigrated to Australia. He enlisted in the Australian Infantry in July, 1916 at Victoria Barracks, New South Wales. On 7 October 1916 He embarked from Sydney aboard the S.S. Ceramic, bound for England, arriving on the 21st of November at Plymouth.
After training on Salisbury Plain, Arthur proceeded to France from Folkestone on 8 February 1917, and joined the 13th Battalion, A.I.F., attached to the 4th Australian Brigade, 4th Australian Division on the Somme. On 11 April 1917 the Division saw action at the Battle of Bullecourt, before being moved north to positions near Plugstreet Wood, south of Ypres in Belgium where the 4th Division were to be the second wave of attack at the Battle of Messines.
Arthur was killed on 10 June 1917 during the Battle of Messines. He was 27 years old, and has no known grave. He is remembered on the Menin Gate Memorial in Ypres.
Capt. Arthur John Evans
British Army 10th Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Cambrian House, Clydach Vale
(d.2nd July 1916)
Capt. Arthur John Evans of Cambrian House, Clydach Vale, son of James and Jane Evans died on the 2nd of July 1916. The unit had returned from the trenches and were resting. The captains and officers taking refuge together the house took a direct hit and he was killed instantly. His funeral and that of two others is described in great detail in the unit's war diary at Kew. It clearly shows the high regard with which he was held and the upset at his death is clearly evident! He is burried at Varannes in France. I am longing to find a picture of Arthur if anybody can help
Pte. Arthur Evans
British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers
from:Newcastle Under Lyme
(d.1st July 1916)
My Grandfather, Arthur Evans, was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. My Grandmother was expecting my father at the time, he was killed before he had the chance to see him. She called my father Arthur Evans in memory of his father. Over the years my father never mentioned him and didn't know where he was buried. He he got to the ripe old age of 80years when my brother in law contacted the War Graves Commission out of interest to see if any information was available. In the following months we had all the information needed. At the time my father's health had deteriorated but we managed to get him to the Somme to see his own father's grave. A very emotional time for all concerned sadly it was to be one of the last things he did before he died.
Pte. Arthur Ernest Evans
from:Leicester
(d.Apr 1917)
Arthur Evans is my grandad with little known as my mum was just two and a half years old when he was killed in action and buried in Ypres. I would love to be able to find a photograph of him.
Pte. Arthur Evans
British Army 2nd Btn Royal Fusiliers
from:Newcastle Under Lyme
(d.1st Jul 1916)
After many years we located my grandfather, Arthur Evans in Hawthorn Ridge Cemetery No 2. My Father, of the same name, never met his own father who had been killed a few months after my father had been born, but at the ripe old age of 80, and with failing health I managed to get him, with the help of family members, to Hawthorn Ridge to see his own father's grave. It was a very very sad day and a few months later my dad died.
Pte. Daniel Evans
British Army 10th Btn. Highland Light Infantry
from:Duntocher
(d.17th June 1916)
Daniel Evans was born in Duntocher in 1890, and was a shipyard worker as far as I know. He named his sister Margaret Mochan as his beneficiary. Both his parents had died in 1900. Another of his sisters, Mary Evans was my maternal grandmother.
According to his service medal record he disembarked in France on 1st of May 1915 so presumably he took part in and survived the Battle of Loos when his regiment, 10th HLI, lost over 600 men.
He was killed in action on the 17th of June 1916 and is buried in Vermelles British Cemetery alongside some other HLI's killed on or either side of the same date. I visited him September 2013 and wept. It really is amazing how moving this experience is given the I never knew him. The war diary of 10/11 HLI for the day simply records that it was a normal day getting parties together to take gas cylinders to the front line trenches.
He's on the war memorial on the side of the old Clydebank town hall. I've tried in vain to fine more details about the circumstances of his death. I can only surmise he was killed by gas or sniper fire as he has his own grave so I'd like to think he wasn't obliterated by a shell. My only hope is that he didn't suffer. Until I started to research my family history I didn't even know he'd existed. My mother, his niece, was born 5 years after his death. Unfortunately it seems his service records were lost in WW2 and I do not have a picture but he will never be forgotten in my family.
Pte David John Evans
British Army 9th Btn. Welsh Regiment
(d.7th Jun 1917)
Sgt. David Evans
British Army 8th Btn Leicestershire Regiment
from:Quakers Yard, Treharris, Glam.
(d.11th October 1917)
Pte. David William "Dai Mock" Evans
British Army 15th (Carmarthenshire) Battalion Welch Regiment
from:Swansea
(d.30th April 1917)
David Evans was our grandfather who, I believe, joined up in Carmarthen in 1914/15. He was killed in action carrying out one of the first trench raids of the war at Morteldje Salient, Ypres on the 30th of April 1917. He was 27 years old. He was married in 1914, I presume, prior to joining up and going to war. He left behind a wife and one child, my father. I don't know if he actually ever saw his son. Sadly, I never knew either of our grandparents or saw any pictures of them. Always in our thoughts.
Lt David Owen Evans
British Army 17th Btn Roayl Welsh Fusiliers
from:Blaenau Ffestiniog
(d.12th Feb 1916)
Name:
David Owen Evans Killed in action
Pte David Evans
British Army 2nd Btn Welsh Regiment
from:Hengoed
(d.9th May 1915)
David Evans of the 2nd Btn., Welsh Regiment is my Great Grandfather, husband of Beatrice Alice Weal (formerly Evans) of 29 Hengoed Crescent, Hengoed, Cardiff. He was Killed in action on 9th of May 1915, age 38. and is remembered with honour Le Touret Memorial.
Sgt. David Evans
British Army 16th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Cwmafan
(d.24th Apr 1918)
David Evans served with the 16th Royal Welsh Fusiliers and lost his life aged 24. He is buried in Bagneux British Cemetery, Gezaincourt. I am searching for all the men that served during the WW1 from my village in Wales
Emrys Joshua Evans
British Army 2nd Btn. A Company. Royal Dublin Fusiliers
from:1 Iestyn Street, Trecynon, Aberdare.
We were told Grampa, Emrys Evans ran away to join up. He was under aged. His brother, David William Evans, service number 10631, 3rd Battalion, Welsh Regiment was killed in action in 1918 on 6th October.
As a family we have lost all our grandparents and my father and his brother so we have little information. If anyone could fill in any gaps, or has any knowledge of my grandfather or pictures of battalion, please get in touch. My son has bought a poppy which has been planted in the Tower of London as a memorial to them. Never forgotten, always in our hearts.
L/Cpl. Ernest V. Evans
British Army 6th Btn. Warwickshire Regiment
from:Birmingham
Ernest Evans was hospitalized for treatment of influenza from 24th to 29th of March 1916.
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