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Surname: EVANS
Forename(s): Charles
Place of Birth: Middlesbrough, Yorkshire
Service No: S/11824
Rank: Private
Regiment / Corps / Service: Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)
Battalion / Unit: 1st Battalion
Division: 7th (Meerut) Indian Division
Age: 22
Date of Death: 1916-06-29
Awards: ---
CWGC Grave / Memorial Reference: Panel 37 and 64.
CWGC Cemetery: ---
CWGC Memorial: BASRA MEMORIAL
Non-CWGC Burial: ---
Local War Memorial: AUSTWICK, YORKSHIRE
Additional Information:
Charles Evans was the son of David and Annie Evans, née Fancoat, the daughter of Henry and Harriet Fancoat, née Thompson. Annie was born at Banbury, Oxfordshire.
1901 Middlesbrough, Yorkshire Census: 70, Victoria Street - Charles Evans, aged 7 years, born Middlesbrough, son of Annie Evans, widow. [Annie and her children, Harriet, David and Charles were living with another daughter, Annie, and her husband, Bernard Jacobsen.]
1911 Bradford, Yorkshire Census: Great Northern Railway Victoria Hotel, Drake Street - Charles Evans, aged 16 years, born Middlesbrough, Yorkshire. Page Boy.
British Army WW1 Medal Rolls Index Cards: Pte Charles Evans, S/11824, Sea. Highrs.
British Army WW1 Medal and Award Rolls: Pte Charles Evans, S/11824, 1/Bn Seaforth Highlanders.
Army Registers of Soldiers' Effects: Pte Charles Evans, S/11824, 1 Seaforth Highldr. Date and Place of Death: 29.6.16 Mesopotamia. To whom Authorised/Amount Authorised: Brother-in-law and Sister joint legatees - Vincent Clarkson Rutter and Harriet Rutter. £5 12s. 6d.
UK, WW1 Pension Ledgers and Index Cards, 1914-1923: Pte Charles Evans, 11824, 1st Seaforth Hdrs. Date and cause of death: 29.6.16 accidentally drowned. Name(s) on card(s): Dependant: Mrs Harriet Rutter. Relationship to soldier: Sister. Address: 36, Windsor Street, Middlesbrough.
On 4 February 1916, because of heavy casualties, the 1st Battalion Seaforth Highlanders, amalgamated with the 2nd Battalion Black Watch, to form the Highland Battalion. On the 12 July 1916, both battalions resumed their former identity. Charles Evans died whilst serving in the Highland Battalion of the 7th (Meerut) Indian Division.
Charles is commemorated in the Rolls of Honour at the Scottish National War Memorial, Edinburgh and is probably the Charles Evans commemorated on the Middlesbrough War Memorial.
Data Source: Craven’s Part in the Great War - original CPGW book entry
View Entry in CPGW BookEntry in West Yorkshire Pioneer Illustrated War Record: ---
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Private Charles EVANS
Regiment / Corps / Service Badge: Seaforth Highlanders (Ross-shire Buffs, The Duke of Albany’s)
Divisional Sign / Service Insignia: 7th (Meerut) Indian Division
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28 July 1916
EVANS – June 29th, accidentally drowned in the Persian Gulf, Pte. Charles Evans, of Austwick, aged 22 years.
28 July 1916
AUSTWICK SOLDIER ACCIDENTALLY DROWNED
The sad news of the death of Pte Charles Evans was received last week with profound regret by the inhabitants of Austwick. Prior to enlisting, Pte. Evans was for nearly three years footman to the Rev. Arthur Ingilby, Harden, and was esteemed and highly respected by all who new him. He joined the Seaforth Highlanders in November last, and for six months was in training at Cromarty, Scotland. In May, along with his battalion, he sailed for Mesopotamia, and on June 29th shortly after his arrival there, was accidentally drowned in the Persian Gulf. Pte. Evans was about 22 years of age, and a native of Middlesbrough-on-Tees
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