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1604*. Bdr. Evans, Leonard

Bombadier

Date of Birth: 21/22/1892, Hull, Yorkshire (CENS)
Occupation: Insurance Official (1921)
1908 Serv. No: 1604*
1917 Serv. No: 725783
Other service: 290450, Bdr, RFA.
Demobilised: 1/7/1919
Awards: BWM. VIC.

Personal Details

WORKING NOTES

Born 21/22/1892, Hull, Yorkshire. Parents - Henry (born Hull, fr Abernant) & Annie Amelia

1901 - 48 Marlborough Avenue, Hull. 8yo. W parents & 5 sibs

1911 - 48 Marlborough Avenue, Hull. 18yo. Occ-Clerk, Phoenix Insurance Co. W parents & 5 sibs

1914 - Married Gladys B Probert, Q4 Swansea

1921 - 3 Glanmor Rd, Swansea. 28y7m. Occ-Insurance Official, Legal Insurance Co Ltd. W wife, Gladys Beatrice, Barbara (1915) & parents

1939 - 23 Myrtle Grove, Swansea. DOB 21/22/1892. Occ-Insurance Official. W wife, Gladys, Barbara (1915), Godfrey (1923) & redacted (likely Marian Jessie (1926)

1963 - Died aged 70, 29 Aug 1963 at Santa Maria Nursing Home, Swansea. Address 100 Glanbrydan Ave, Swansea. Effects to widow Gladys & daughter Marie Jessie

Address:
3 Glanmor Rd Sketty
Swansea (Pens)

Military Service

No SR

Enl Dec 1915, mobilised early 1916. Likely no 1604

Served overseas, BWM & Vic

Disch 1/7/19, Neurastemia

WW2 - Captain of No. 8 Company, 12th Battalion, Glamorgan Home Guard, Swansea.

His son Henry Godfrey was killed in action with KSLI in Overloon, Holland, 1944. Please see - https://www.overloonwarchronicles.nl/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Article-05-Godfrey-Evans-English-translated-version.pdf

Disabilities (Pens): Neurasthemia
Sources: (ROLL)(MIC)(PENS)

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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