Herbert Stafford Evans
Memorial: Hambrook - Whiteshill Common
Regiment: Worcestershire Regiment
Medals: British War Medal, Military Medal, Next of Kin Memorial Plaque 1914 - 1921, Victory Medal
Rank and number: Corporal 15875
Parents: George and Sarah Evans
Home address: Winterbourne Down, Bristol
Date of birth: 1882
Place of birth: Winterbourne, Bristol
Date of death: 04/12/1917
Buried/Commemorated at: Karasouli Military Cemetery, Greece (E.1002)
Age: 25
Further information:
Herbert Evans was born in about 1882 in Winterbourne. His parents were George and Sarah Evans. He was brother to Sarah, William, Austin, Elizabeth and Ernest. His father was a stonecutter and he had been born in Winterbourne.
Herbert joined the 11th Battalion of the Worcestershire Regiment and he became a corporal. Herbert died in December in 1917 at the age of 25.
Herbert is buried in Karasouli Military Cemetery in Greece (E.1002). He is remembered on the memorial in All Saints Churchyard in Winterbourne Down and on the Whiteshill Common Memorial (Winterbourne Down face) in Hambrook.
By kind permission, this information is based on the following source(s):
Yate and District Heritage Centre.
Forces War Records