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CSM. Evan Evans MM.
British Army 13th Btn. Royal Welch Fusiliers
from:Treorchy
Sto. Evan John Evans
Royal Naval Reserve HMS Vala
from:Llanelly
(d.21st Aug 1917)
Evan James Evans
British Army 122nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Tumble
(d.30th Oct 1918)
L/Cpl. Francis James Evans
British Army 1st Btn. Kings Own Yorkshire Light Infantry
(d.2nd Feb 1915)
A/Sgt. Frank Eber Evans
British Army 11th Battalion Sherwood Foresters
from:Rotherham
Pte. Frank Edward Evans
British Army 2nd Btn Middlesex Regiment
(d.27th May 1918)
Frank Evans ied on the first day of the 3rd Battle of the Aisne 27th of May 1918. He is commemorated on the WW1 Memorial in Soissons, France
Pte. Frank Evans
British Army 2nd Btn. Lincolnshire Regiment
from:Gainsborough, Lincolnshire
(d.8th Jun 1915)
Frank Evans died of wounds in hospital at Boulogne, France, aged 19.
Spr. Fred Evans
British Army 105th Field Coy. Royal Engineers
from:Halstead, Essex
(d.7th Jun 1917)
L/Cpl. Frederick Evans
British Army 2nd Btn. Northumberland Fusiliers
(d.8th May 1915)
Cpl. Frederick Evans
British Army Army Cyclist Corps
from:Shirley, Solihull, Warwks
Fred Evans was so keen to fight for his country he first enlisted when he was only fifteen, he was tall for his age and claimed he was nineteen. He was discharged eight months later when his mother reported him as being under age. However, as soon as he was old enough, he enlisted again and served until the end of the war in the Cyclist Corps. Fred was my father.
Pte. George Evans
British Army 2nd/6th Battalion Royal Munster Fusiliers
from:Lower Broughton, Salford
(d.10th Nov 1917)
George Evans was my grandmother Annie May's brother, the son of Hannah and John (Jack) Evans of 33 Teneriffe Street in Lower Broughton, Salford. He joined up in August 1914 and served in Ireland for almost a year before going to Gallipoli landing at Sulva Bay. He was wounded at Chocolate Hill in October 1915. After treatment he then went to France and saw action at St Eloi, Arras, Vimy Ridge, the Somme and the Ancre.
After a period of leave with his family who he was reluctant to leave his last action was in Passchendaele where he was killed on 10th November 1917. He has no known grave but is remembered with honour on the Tyne Cot Memorial
Pte. George Evans
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Munster Rifles
(d.10th November 1917)
2nd Lt. Glyndwr David Evans
Australian Imperial Forces 1st Australian Tunnelling Coy.
from:Treorchy, Wales
(d.26th Apr 1917)
Special Constable. Gwynfryn Daniel Evans
War Reserve Police Essex Constabulary
from:Hornchuch, Essex
My grandfather Gwynfryn Evans told me that he was a member of the Essex Special Constabulary War Reserve, he gave me his badge, which my previous partner kept as part of his Police Badge collection. He was too old to rejoin his old regiment, the Welsh Guards, but wanted to participate in the war effort.
Pte. H. W. Evans
Australian Imperial Force. 3rd Salvage Coy.
L/Sgt. Harry Neville Evans
British Army 2nd/1st Btn. Norfolk Yeomanry
from:Mildenhall, Norfolk
(d.3rd June 1918)
Harry Evans was the husband of Mrs. E. Evans of Warlington House, Mildenhall. He is buried right of the main path in the Bushfield Cemetery in Co. Mayo, Ireland.
Herbert Seymour Evans
British Army West Riding Regiment (Duke of Wellingtons)
from:Halifax Yorkshire
Pte. Horatio Ellis Evans Military Medal
British Army 10th Btn. South Wales Borderers
from:Tirphil , Mid Glamorgan
(d.17th Sep 1918)
Horatio Evans was injured at Mammetz Woods and sent home to convalesce at Whitchurch Hospital in Wales where he received the military medal for bravery, then sent back to Salonika where he was killed in the Battle of Dorrian.
2nd Lt. Hugh George Evans
British Army 5th Btn. The King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Denbigh
(d.4th September 1918)
L/Cpl. Idris Evans MM.
British Army 11th Battalion Essex Regiment
from:171 Bute Street, Treorchy, Rhondda, Glamorgan
(d.9th Oct 1916)
Idris Evans was my 2x Gt. uncle, I have only recently found him while researching family history. A lot of our family still live in and around Treorchy.
Pte. James Evans
British Army 2nd Btn., D Coy. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Walkden
(d.26th Sep 1917)
Cpl. James Evans
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Stoke On Trent
(d.22nd Jun 1916)
Private John Henry Evans
British Army 2nd Btn. Royal West Kent Regiment
from:Bromley, Kent
John Henry Evans was my Grandfather but I never knew him as he died in 1935, many years before I was born. I have just found out that he was a member of the 2nd Battalion, The Royal West Kent Regiment with the release of the 1911 Military Census records and in 1911 he was based in Peshawar, India. My grandparents married at the start of WW1 while he was still a serving soldier with the 2nd Battalion, but sadly after having 5 children they both died young leaving the children orphans. If anyone has a picture of the 2nd Battalion The Royal West Kent from 1900 to the end of WW1 I would be eternally grateful as it may show my grandfather, no photo's have survived to be passed down to us.
Pte. John Thomas Evans
British Army 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Biricklin, Pen Y Cefn, Tremeirchion, Dengighshire
(d.13th May 1917)
My Great Uncle, Jack Evan, was killed in action on 13th May 1917 aged 24 in Bullecourt, Arras whilst fighting with the 1st South Staffordshire Regiment.
In 1916 he enlisted with the Royal Army Ordnance Core as Pte 017831 prior to enlisting with the 1st South Staffordshire Regiment. On May 13th 1917 his regiment was ordered to attack the heavily fortified village of Bullecourt along with the Australians. The village was believed to have been weakened by days of heavy bombardment, unfortunately this was not the case & the battle was vicious & costly as these gallant men were caught in a bloody crossfire at a location known as the Red Patch. After three days Bullecourt was taken with the loss of two Officers & 37 men killed.
He is commemorated on Bay 6 of the Arras Memorial in the Pas De Calais Cemetery on the Boulevard du General de Gaulle on the South of the road to Doullens. He is also commemorated on two memorials locally. The cross in Tremeirchion & the memorial hall in Caerwys.
Rflmn. John Alexander Evans
British Army 9th Battalion Rifle Brigade
from:Plaistow, Greater London
(d.15th Sep1916)
Alex Evans was born on 3rd October 1896, a twin and one of 12 children. On 5th May 1915 he enlisted for the Rifle Brigade at St Paul's church yard and was initially with 6th battalion. He was shipped to France on October 7th 1915 with the 9th battalion Rifle Brigade. On 18th May 1916 he was wounded in action by a gunshot to the thigh and was in hospital in Rouen and transferred to Étaples on 14th June 1916, Two days later on 16th June he rejoined his battalion on the Somme.
On 14th September the battalion marched overnight from Bécordel-Bécourt to Delville Wood in readiness for the commencement of the battle of Flers-Coucelette. The battalion war diary for 16th September is sadly thin with no details but the 9th battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps diary was well kept by their officer. The extracts from the KRRC diary tells the story and fate of Alex's battalion, the 9th battalion Rifle Brigade, who led the attack on Gird Trench and Bulls Road during the first day of the battle of Flers-Courcelette (15th-22nd September 1916) on the Somme, France. The KRRC were to the rear of the Rifle Brigade.
Extracts:
6.20am. Btn moved from Montauban Alley to York Alley behind 9th btn RB.
8am. The 9th btn RB appeared to be bearing away too far to their right and were only in front of the right half of A company.
8.15am. Btn passed through Switch Trench without stopping. Machine gun fire from Lesboeufs area passing over their heads (Lesboeufs being the village to their right on Bulls Road being attacked by the Guards division - the 9th btn RB will have gone through just before them.)
8.30am -8.45am. The btn continued to advance without stopping and passed through Gap Trench on the heels of 9th btn RB still bearing off to their right.
9am. Two German field guns firing towards Flers (the village to their left on Bulls Road) from a position on Sunken Road near N.32.c.5.2.
Meanwhile 9th btn RB had stopped advancing and had formed a line more or less parallel with Gird Trench, their left being N.32.c.9.0.
About 9.30am. I asked Capt Merewether, then commanding 9th btn RB, what were his intentions. He told me 9th Btn RB intended to attack Gird Trench at the appointed time according to the programme. Seeing as his battalion were very weak I told him that the 9th btn KRRC would advance in close support of the 9th btn RB.
9.30am. The battalion was organised in two lines behind the 9th btn RB ready to advance behind them. Btn HQ established at T.2.c.3.7 from where a good view of the front could be obtained.
9.30am – 11.20am. Our (artillery) guns did not appear to be shelling Gird Trench (meaning the German machine guns and snipers in the trench were not impeded at all). Although no friendly shelling on Gird Trench the 9th btn RB tried to advance on this trench but as soon as they got on the rising ground in front of them a hostile machine gun situated at about N.32.d.9.2 prevented them advancing. All their remaining officers (approx 16 including Capt. Merewether) were killed bar one junior officer and 315 other ranks, (including Alex), and their attack failed. Seeing this I assumed command of the remainder of the 9th btn RB.
The officer of the KRRC decided it was too dangerous to continue at that time but their objectives were met later that day.
Also in the diary was a reference to the tanks, "A new engine of war, a petrol- driven armoured car, termed the tank was used for the first time. Four of these machines were allotted to the division during these operations and are considered to have done splendid work." The tank. D5 Dolphin was in the area with Alex's battalion providing support. Dolphin managed to cover more ground that day than any other tank (more than 4000 yards).
Alex was buried initially on the battlefield at 57c.T.2.b.35.25 before eventually being move to Combles Communal Cemetery Extension about 3 miles away. He was 19 years old. His twin brother Charlie survived the war and lived until the age of 75.
CWGC - remembered with honour
Pte. John Francis Evans
British Army 1st Battalion Border Regiment
from:Manchester
(d.17th Aug 1916)
John Evans was born in 1897, he enlisted and trained with C Coy. 3rd Bn., Border Regiment. Posted to France, he transferred to 1st Battalion, Border Regiment. He was then posted to Gallipoli on the 30th of June 1915, where he was wounded in the neck. He returned home on the 3rd of Sept 1915, to hospital. This wound caused his death in 1916 aged 19 having served 1 year and 257 days. John is interred in St Josephs Cemetery Moston, Manchester.
Pte. John Evans
British Army 19th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Henllan, Denbighshire
(d.10th July 1916)
Pte. John Victor Evans
British Army 15th Btn. Cheshire Regiment
from:Denbigh
(d.24th March 1918)
Son of John and Maria Evans, 60 Love Lane, Denbigh.
Pte. John Ernest Evans
British Army Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Gwersyllt, Wrexham
Pte. John Thomas Evans
British Army 1st Btn. South Staffordshire Regiment
from:Caerwys, Flintshire
(d.13th May 1917)
Jack Evans is remembered on the Arras Memorial.
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