Private Cecil Samuel Evans Plaque

This bronze plaque was erected by the Loyal Orange Lodge #222, and is dedicated to the memory of Private Cecil Samuel Evans.

Cecil Samuel Evans was born in June 1894 in Ottawa. He eventually moved to Alberta where he was a homesteader/farmer in the Grande Prairie area before enrolling in July 1915 at Edmonton. He was killed in September 1916 in the advance from Pozières to Courcelette during the Somme offensive. Having no know grave, Cecil Samuel Evans is one of over 11,000 Canadian soldiers memorialized on the Vimy Memorial.

This plaque was originally located at the Loyal Orange Lodge #222 Billings Bridge; at the time, the village of Billings Bridge was a small community near present-day Billings Bridge in Ottawa. With the closure of the Lodge, the plaque eventually came into the hands of the Gloucester Township Historical Society.

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In memory of
Pte. Cecil S. Evans
31st Battalion
Killed in Action in the
Battle of Courcelette, France
Sept 15th 1916 - Aged 23 years
"Their name liveth forevermore"