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Gnr. Evans, William Cyril

Gunner

Date of Birth: 30/4/1896, Llangunllo, Radnorshire (CENS)
1917 Serv. No: 725626
Service O/S: Italy
Awards: BWM. VIC.
Gallantry: DCM (LG 3/6/1919)

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 30/4/1896, Llangunllo, Radnorshire. Parents - John & Mary Jane. Known as Cyril

- Bapt 17 Jun 1896, Llangunllo. Add-Llangunllo Station. Dads occ-Station Master

1901 - Station House, Clungunford, Shrops. 5yo. W parents & 7 sibs

1911 - Station House, Garth Breconshire. 14yo. Occ-Railway Porter, L&NW Railway. W parents (Dad-Station Master) & 9 sibs

1920 - Married Lillian J B Pillar, Q3, Swansea

1921 - 120 Western St, Swansea. 25y1m. Occ-Shunter, Grovesend Steel & Tinplate Co, Gorseinon. W wife, Lilian Jane Baynton

1939 - 120 Western St, Swansea. DOB 30/4/1896. Occ-Coal Merchant. W Lillian, recated, William G (1927), Violet (1932) & red

1967 - Died aged 71, 6 Feb 1967 at Swansea Hosp. Add- 120 Western St.

Address:
Swansea

Military Service

No SR

Enl 1 or 2 Jun 1915, likely Swansea

3/1st Welsh (NEWS)

Brecon County Times, 31 Jan 1918, GARTH .... In the trenches recently he came across Pte David Evans (Welsh Guards) son of Mr and Mrs Evans, Cefngardis, Beulah; Signaller Cyril Evans, the second son, went to Italy last week after taking a three month course in signalling......

Herald of Wales, 16/4/1921: Recommended for DCM...... was a bombadier and signaller in the Swansea Howitzer Brigade. Whilst serving with his unit on August 26th, 1918, on the Italian front, Bombadier Evans displayed great pluck and determination in carrying dispatches under heavy fire. For this he was recommended for the DCM.

DCM Citation. 725626 Gnr WC Evans, 240th Bde, RFA, TF (Garth), (LG 11 Mar 1920), (ITALY)

As signaller and linesman he has shown total disregard of personal danger, notably on the occasion of the raid on 23rd October 1918, whilst acting as runner under heavy shell fire, when telephone communication had temporarily broken down. His coolness and devotion to duty have been invaluable in work at the observation post.

240 Bde was part of 48th (Sth Midland) Div. Served in France from March 1915 to Nov 1917 and then moved to Italy

Final Unit: 240 Bde
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)

Explanation Of Abbreviations

Awards

  • 14/15 – 1914/15 Star
  • BWM – British War Medal
  • VIC – Victory Medal
  • SWB – Silver War Badge
  • TFEM – Territorial Force (1908-1921)
  • TEM – Territorial Efficiency Medal (1921-1930)
  • TFWM – Territorial Force War Medal

Gallantry

  • MID – Mention In Dispatches
  • LG – London Gazette
  • MM – Military Medal
  • DCM – Distinguished Conduct Medal

Sources

  • ROLL – Medal Roll for British War Medal and Victory Medal (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • MIC – Medal Index Cards (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR – Service Record (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • SR-F – Service Record (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • SR-NA – Service Record (National Archives) – officers
  • COMM – Commission letters (National Library of Wales)
  • SWB – Silver War Badge Records (Ancestry.co.uk)
  • PENS – Pension Records (Western Front Association/Fold3)
  • CWGC – Commonwealth War Grave Commission
  • RAA – Royal Artillery Attestations 1883 -1942 (FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • NEWS – Newspapers
  • CENS – Census Records (Ancestry.co.uk & FindMyPast.co.uk)
  • BFB – Briton Ferry Boys at the Front Fund Committee Records (swansea.gov.uk)
  • FAM – Family Records
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