EVANS George Henry

  • First Name(s):
    George 
    Henry 
  • Surname:
    EVANS
  • Service Number:
    B203354
  • Rank:

    Rifleman

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Regiment:
    Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own)
  • Battalion:
    11th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    18th September 1916
  • Age At Death:
    20
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France, Grave XXIII. A. 3.
  • Place of Birth:
    Hinckley
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Brother of Alfred Evans, 123 Castle St., Hinckley, Leicestershire

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EVANS George Henry Is Named On These Memorials

Worcester Guildhall
Worcester St Stephen’s Church

Further Information About EVANS George Henry

Appears in the Worcester/Worcestershire Roll of Honour Book for army casualties located in Worcester Cathedral.

A photograph of Rifleman G. Evans of Worcester can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 4th November 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives.

The following information has been researched by Geoff Hill:
12 Alma Street, Barbourne
1911 Census: George Evans, aged 15, china gilder.
At the same address: Alfred Evans (uncle), boot maker, aunt and 1 lodger

The 11th Battalion Rifle Brigade was engaged in the Battle of Flers-Courcelette (15th – 22nd September 1916), part of the battle of the Somme and is famous for being the first time tanks were used in war.

Caterpillar Valley was the name given by the army to the long valley which rises Eastwards, past ‘Caterpillar Wood’, to the high ground at Guillemont. The cemetery lies within the battle of the Somme area and was captured after very fierce fighting in the latter part of 1916.

British Army Medal Index Card: King’s Royal Rifle Corps, No R17047, Rifle Brigade No 203354.

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