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Spr. William Evans
British Army 250th Tunnelling Company Royal Engineers.
from:Llanelli
(d.24th Aug 1917)
Pte. William Evans
British Army 9th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps
(d.22nd Oct 1917)
William Evans was my grandmother's first husband, they had three little girls, the oldest being just three when he was killed. I remember reading letters he had written telling her to be cheerful and formally signing his name. It was all written in pencil. I would love to know more about him and how he died. His name is on the memorial at Tyne Cot.
Sgt. William Ernest Evans DCM
British Army 1st Btn. Coldstream Guards
from:Burnley, Lancs,
(d.16th Oct 1917)
William Evans served with the 1st Battalion, Coldstream Guards during WW1 and was killed in action on the 16th October 1917. He is buried in the Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery in Tanzania. He was the son of John Walter and Edith Evans, of 67, New Hall St., Burnley, England.
Cpl. William Evans
British Army 11th Div.Train, No.2 Coy. Army Service Corps
from:Treorchy
(d.27th Apr 1917)
William Evans is my Great Great Grandfather, He was a blacksmith before the war. He ended up on the western front as a farrier. At the moment the rest of his journey is a blur but I will work it out. He is buried at Grevillers British Cemetery..
In the Register of Soldiers Effects, Corporal T4/185898 William Evans is shown as a Farrier with No.2 Company, 11th Divisional Train, and that he died at Bapaume. The T4 part of his service number indicates that he was involved in Horse Transport. From August 1915, the 11th Div. Train were attached to the Guards Division. Between the 14th March and the 5th April 1917 the Germans retreated to the Hindenberg Line, relinquishing control over an area including the city of Bapaume. Allied Forces, including the Guards Division, pursued them. He was 32 at the time of his death and his next of kin was his widow, Sarah.
Pte. William Joseph Evans
British Army 2nd Btn. Middlesex Regiment
(d.22nd April 1915)
Sgt. William Ernest Evans DCM.
British Army 1st Btn. Coldstream Guards
from:Burnley
(d.16th Oct 1917)
William Evans was the son of John Walter and Edith Evans, of 67, New Hall St., Burnley, England. He was killed in action on 16th of October 1917 and is buried in the Dar Es Salaam War Cemetery in Tanzania.
William Evans
British Army King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Liverpool
William Evans enlisted on 19th January 1916 and followed his elder brother Sgt Robert Evans MM (who was killed in October 1918) into The King's Liverpool Regiment. William was mobilised on 2nd of August 1916 and sent to France. At the beginning of July 1917, he suffered a shrapnel wound to the head. A nurse in the casualty clearing station wrote to let his parents know that he was very ill. He had a metal plate inserted in his skull and was discharged as being no longer physically fit for war service on 19th of October 1917. He was sent to Boscombe Military Hospital to recuperate. William's total service was 1 year 96 days, 247 days were served in France.
William married May Hearn on 29th September 1934. He had a successful career in the Civil Service working in the Passport Office and then Customs Office in Liverpool. After the war he transferred to the then Ministry of Food and moved to Guildford. He never spoke about his experiences during WW1 except to show my sister Pauline and myself, as children, the ‘dent’ in his head.
L/Cpl. William Evans
British Army 4th Btn. Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Denbigh
(d.9th May 1915)
William Evans was the son of John and Catherine Evans of 37 Love Lane, Denbigh.
Rfm. William Evans
British Army 9th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Hunslet, Leeds
(d.22nd Oct 1917)
William Evans was my grandmother's first husband who died in 1917 leaving her with three young children under the age of three. I remember seeing the embroidered cards he sent her written in pencil. He is buried at Tyne Cot.
William Frank Evans
British Army 18th Div. Ammunition Col. Royal Field Artillery
from:Shirley, Solihull
Sgt. William Henry Evans MM.
British Army 5th Btn. Royal Berkshire Regiment
from:Blaenllechau, Ferndale, Glamorgan, Wales
William Evans served with the 5th Battalion, Royal Berkshire Regiment.
L/Cpl. William Albert Evans
British Army 1st Btn. Herefordshire Regiment
from:Newbridge on Wye
(d.17th Mar 1917)
William Evans, 1st Btn. Herefordshire Regiment is remembered on the Jerusalem Memorial.
Cpl. William Prince Evans
British Army 4th Btn. Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Sharnbrook
(d.11th February 1917)
William Evans was born 11th August 1891 in Podington, son of John and Mary Evans. The 1911 census shows him living with his parents at School House, Sharnbrook, Bedfordshire aged 19 years, a carpenter and joiner by trade. He enlisted in Ampthill with the 4th Battalion, Bedfordshire Regiment and was killed in action on 11th of February 1917, on the Somme in France. He has no known grave and is commemorated on the Thiepval Memorial. A pupil of Bedford Modern School 1905-06, he is commemorated on the School War Memorial, which was unveiled in 1923 and in the Roll of Honour, published in The Eagle, December 1923. Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
L/Sgt. William Harold Evans
British Army 23rd Btn. Welsh Regiment
William Evans was born in 1895 at Llanfair, Montgomeryshire William joined 23rd Welch Regiment at Portcawl on the 1st of Nove,ner 1915 and was promoted to corporal on the 3rd of May 1916. He embarked from Devonport on the 13th of July 1916 and disembarked at Salonika on the 24th of August 1916. He contracted malaria and was in and out of various hospitals. He was appointed paid lance sergeant on the 1st of November 1918 but due to his malariam his classification y scheme was not available for a theatre of war where malaria is prevalant. He embarked for UK from Itea on the 12th of November 1918 and was posted to the Welsh Regiment depot and proceeded from Cardiff to dispersal centre for demobilization on 7th of Feb 1919.
Rflm. William Evans
British Army 18th (London Irish Rifles) Battalion London Regiment
from:77 Coomer Road, Fulham, London
(d.15th Sept 1916)
Pte. William Evans
British Army 26th Battalion Royal Welsh Fusiliers
from:Llangernyw
L/Cpl. William George Evans
British Army 1st/5th Btn. Kings Regiment (Liverpool)
from:Pembroke
(d.21st Oct 1918)
William Evans was an uncle I never knew existed until details of his death were located in the home of my auntie and found in a metal box in the bottom of her wardrobe. Until then, my father was unaware of the circumstances of his brother’s death and where he was buried.
He is buried in Ere Churchyard at Tournai, in Belgium. He was killed by machine-gun fire on 21st of October 1918. There are only two wartime graves in the cemetery, and both are looked after and are in excellent condition. Members of the family visited the cemetery, giving my father the opportunity to pay his last respects to his brother. As you can imagine, it was a very emotional visit and had a prolonged effect on my father. His story about the visit to the grave of his brother was featured in an edition of our local paper, the Tenby Observer.
Rflmn. William Francis Eve
British Army 1/16th Btn. London Regiment
from:West Ealing, Middlesex
Pte. Alfred E. Eveleigh
British Army 1st Btn. The Buffs (East Kent Regiment),
(d.24th Feb 1916)
Pte. Alfred Eveleigh served with The Buffs (East Kent Regiment), 1st Battalion. He was executed for desertion on 24th February 1916, aged 27 and is buried in the White House Cemetery in Belgium.
Gnr. Lawrence Horatio Goff Eveleigh
British Army C Bty. 162nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Hendon, Middlesex
(d.13th Apr 1917)
Lawrence Eveleigh was married to my great aunt in early 1917. He fell in the Battle of Arras in April of the same year, they had been married only 3 months. His brigade was attached to the 33rd Division throughout the war. He now lies in Cabaret-Rouge British Cemetery at Souchez in France. My family and I are planning to visit, and pay our respects to him in Spring of 2019.
This all came about from a chance conversation I had with my 82 year old mother, on Remembrance Sunday. She could only vaguely remember the name Goff, as her Aunt never spoke about him. So pleased I tracked him down and very proud.
Pte. William Eveleigh
British Army 15th Btn. Hampshire Regiment
from:Portsmouth
Willie Eveleigh served with the Hampshire Regiment 15th Battalion. He was wounded at the Battle of Messines Ridge on 7th June 1917 - GSW right leg compound fracture - and was hospitalised at home. He was discharged due to his wounds in July 1918 aged 24. I am currently writing a book about his life (he was my grandfather) - including his WW1 experience - which I hope to publish in 2017 to mark the anniversary.
Pte. Ernest Evenden
Army 9th Btn. The Royal Sussex Rgt.
from:Bexhill-on-Sea.
(d.1st Sep 1916)
Ernest died of wounds at the Royal Victoria Military Hospital, Netley on the 1st of September 1916, aged 19. He was buried in the Military Cemetery in the hospital grounds.
Rfmn. Harold Everall
British Army 10th Btn. Kings Royal Rifle Corps
from:Coventry
(d.23rd December 1915)
Harold Everall was born 1890 in Coventry, Warwarckshire and was a soldier in WW1. He enlisted 3rd of September 1914 serving with the 7th Battalion Kings Royal Rifle Corps. He died of wounds 23rd of December 1915 at which time he was with the 10th Battalion. He was aged 24 years and is buried Sailly-sur-la-Lys, Canadian Cemetery in France. Son of A. John and Jane Everall of 64 Kingsway, Coventry.
Pte. John Robert Everard
British Army 6th Btn Bedfordshire Regiment
from:Writtle, Essex
John Everard, also known as Jack was born on 28th June 1895 in the village of Writtle, Essex. He had two older brothers Ernest and Walter, and three sisters, one older called Alice, and two younger sisters, Violet and Rose. Aged 15, he worked as an engineer’s painter. Aged 18, he captained Writtle United Football Club. See the photo postcard, he is in the center holding the football. And just 2 years later, on 19th of November 1915, he joined the Essex Reserves and went on to serve in World War one with the 6th Bedofordshire Regiment and 1st Hertfordshire Regiment. He died in January 1972
His full biography between 1914 -1918 can be found here
Sgt. Nathaniel Joshua Everard
British Army 86th Coy. Machine Gun Corps
from:Holloway
(d.9th Oct 1917)
Nathaniel Everard was born in Clerkenwell in 1884 to Edward William Everard and his wife Emma. He enlisted in Holloway in WW1 but was already a soldier in 1911, formerly 11375, Royal Fusiliers as a Private and served in India. He married Sophie Elizabeth Fluin in January 1915 at St. Paul's, Pancras.
He transferred to the 86th Company, Machine Gun Corps as Sergeant, 20929, and was killed in action on 9th October 1917. He is remembered with Honour on Tyne Cot Memorial. His soldier's effects were left to widow Sophie, who lived to a great age and died in Hampshire. He earned the 1915 Star, Victory and British War medals for service in WW1.
Gnr. Albert Edward Solomon Everett
British Army 162nd Brigade Royal Field Artillery
from:Vauxhall
(d.14th Nov 1916)
Pte. Henry Alexander Everett
Australian Imperial Force. 36th Btn.
from:Wellington, NSW
Pte. Herbert James Everett
British Army 9th Bn. Royal Fusiliers
from:Buckhurst Hill, Essex
(d.7th Oct 1916)
Herbert James Everett was the youngest son of Robert and Jane Everett of Buckhurst Hill. He was killed in action at Ligny-Thilloy on 7th October 1916 aged 25. He is commemorated at the Thiepval Memorial. Not a single photo exists.
Pte. Joseph Everett MM.
British Army 1st Btn. East Lancashire Regiment
from:Blackburn
In the middle of 1917 Joseph Everett was transferred from 1st East Lancashire Regiment to the Hampshire Regiment until demob. Along with the trio of war medals he was presented with (Dec 1919) MM by Lt General Gadley no citation in the confirming London Gazette supplement 31469 page 9375 published in July 1919 along with many many more. I presume the award was for service for the duration of the conflict.
He married in 1919 and, unfortunately, the following years proved difficult not only just the family, it must be said the same for many, many more families. He reluctantly sold his medals to provide for the growing family of six plus spouse.
I would like to reveal more to this story, he was an old contemptable deployed to France on 22nd of August 1914. There is no family recollections as to his status as a 23/24 year old pre 1914 such as his occupation and enlistment date. Was he already a soldier in the East Lancs?
Sgt. Cyril James Everitt
Canadian Expeditionary Force 29th Battalion
from:Canada
(d.15th September 1916)
Cyril Everitt was born on the 4th May 1887 in Derby, son of James and Ellen Everitt, of 2 Endsleigh Road, Bedford. Possibly emigrated to Canada in 1907 with his younger brother Harold, they were both builders by trade and unmarried.
They both enlisted with the 29th Battalion, Canadian Infantry, Harold on the 7th November 1914 and Cyril on 11th December 1914 in Vancouver Cyril was killed in action on 15th September 1916 aged 29 years, he has no known grave and is commemorated on Vimy Memorial, France. Just under 5 months earlier his brother Harold had died of wounds on 22nd April 1916, tragically the parents lost both sons to the War. Cyril and Harold are both remembered on the War Memorial, St. Leonards church, Bradford. (the church no longer exists but the memorial remains). Information courtesy of www.roll-of-honour.com
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