SOLDIER DETAILS:
Evans, Alfred James
Private 164th Battalion 663090
June 29, 1925
Son of John Evans of Milton
Evergreen
Cemetery Milton Canada
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Victoria Park Cenotaph
R. Laughton
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Milton Evergreen Cemetery
Commonwealth War Graves
Photo by R. Laughton
Maple Leaf Legacy Project
from R. Laughton
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Private Evans is remembered on the Victoria Park
Cenotaph in Milton.
Private
Evans is buried in Milton Evergreen Cemetery.
Blk-053
Lot-4 7 1”.
His wife Fannie, who died in 1987, is registered on the
reverse side of his CEF gravestone.
See also Milton Soldiers Locations (Google
Earth).
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SOLDIER SUMMARY:
| Private Evans is a unique addition to the Milton
Soldiers killed in the Great War, as he died of his wounds in
1925, after the cut-off date for the war grave registries. He
was the son of John Evans and husband of Fannie Evans (nee
Cowan) of Milton (married on May 29, 1920). Private Evans
attested to the 164th Battalion (Milton) in January 1916 and
served with the 102nd (11th Infantry Brigade, 4th Canadian
Division).
Alfred died of wounds that he received during "Canada's
Hundred Days" while fighting near Cambrai on October 1,
1918. Note that Privates Denyes
and Crowe were also with the 102nd at
this time. His records report injuries from a high
explosive shell and/or a gun shot would to the left arm and
jaw. He received extensive medical and dental treatment
for his injuries and was eventually discharged as medically
unfit in August 1920 while serving in the CEF Depot. He had
cardiac problems and partial loss of use of his left arm.
In early October 1918 the 102nd was on loan to the 3rd
Division from the 4th Division in the Battle
of Bourlon Wood. Details of this action are reported
in the September
1918 Wary Diary. Private Evans was probably one of the
casualties reported at Bantingny.
************ Private Evans is not currently on the CWGC as he died after
the cut-off date. As such he is not currently on the Maple
Leaf Legacy Project or the Commonwealth War Graves. In order to
ensure that he is not forgotten, we have used the grave site of
Private Evans as our submission to the Commonwealth War Graves
Commission. Click on image of Milton Evergreen in the left panel
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The soldier pages contain information
that is available from a number of resources. The following hyperlinks
are active where the information is available:
The summary of the service is taken from
the soldier's service records, if they were available from Library and
Archives Canada. A complete copy of the service record is
available in electronic and paper format in the Alex
Cooke Memorial Archives at the Milton Historical Society.
Using that summary, combined with the key references, a summary of the
events leading up to the death of the soldier has been prepared.
The research information available is as noted on the Canadian
Expeditionary Force Study Group web site Matrix
Project as well as in the Library and Archives Canada On-Line
War Diaries.
A summary of all the soldiers is
contained on the Web Blog "Great
War Soldiers of Milton, Ontario CANADA". Please also
be sure to purchase your own copy of "Milton
Remembers World War I - The Men and Women We Never Knew" by
John Challinor II and Jim Dills, edited by Ken Lamb. |
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