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Richard Evans

In memory of:

Private Richard Evans

July 21, 1918

Military Service

Service Number:

826252

Age:

33

Force:

Army

Unit:

2nd Canadian Mounted Rifles (British Columbia Regt.)

Additional Information

Born:

April 19, 1884

Son of Ellen Evans, of Tanycapal, Penrhos, Pwllheli, Wales.

Commemorated on Page 405 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.

Burial Information

Cemetery:

WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY
Pas de Calais, France

Grave Reference:

IV. A. 4.

Location:

Wailly is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais about 6 kilometres south-west from Arras in the valley of the little river Crinchon. WAILLY ORCHARD CEMETERY stands above the village on its outskirts in part of the old orchard.

Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.

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  • Newspaper clipping– From the Daily Colonist of October 8, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y263uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Newspaper clipping – From the Daily Colonist of October 8, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y263uvic/mode/1up?view=theater
  • Photo of Richard Evans– From the Daily Colonist of October 18, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y272uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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    Photo of Richard Evans – From the Daily Colonist of October 18, 1918. Image taken from web address of https://archive.org/details/dailycolonist60y272uvic/mode/1up?view=theater

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