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Military service
Age:
26
Rank:
Lieutenant
Force:
Army
Unit/Regiment:
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
Division:
3rd Bn.
Birth:
May 27, 1889
Quebec City, Québec
Enlistment:
September 23, 1914
Valcartier, Québec
Death:
December 7, 1915
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
II. B. 62.
Additional information
Son of Mr. and Mrs. Lorenzo Evans, of 65, St. Ursule St., Quebec, Canada. B.Sc. (McGill University).
Digital gallery of Lieutenant Alfred James Lawrence Evans
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Tableau d’honneur
From the "McGill Honour Roll, 1914-1918". McGill University, Montreal, Quebec, 1926. -
Pierre Tombale
Photo courtesy of Wilf Schofield, England<P> Inscription In loving memory of Lieutenant Alfred James Lawrence Evans B.Sc. McGill, 1st Canadian Division, 7th December 1915, aged 26 years. Born at Quebec. Died of wounds received on 23rd November 1915 while in command of 1st Bde. Mining Sec. 3rd Btn. front line trenches Belgium. Mentioned in despatches for gallant and distinguished conduct in the field. "The brave die never being deathless They but change their country's arms for more Their country's heart." -
Coupure de presse
Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me. From the Annie Boyes collection courtesy of the Simcoe County Archives. http://www.simcoe.ca/dpt/arc -
Coupure de presse
from the Daily Colonist of December 10, 1915. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/stream/dailycolonist57y313uvic#mode/1up
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Lieutenant Alfred James Lawrence Evans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred James Lawrence Evans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred James Lawrence Evans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant Alfred James Lawrence Evans
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Commemorated on:
Page 13 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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