EVANS John Wilde

  • First Name(s):
    John 
    Wilde 
  • Surname:
    EVANS
  • Service Number:
    802572
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Central Ontario Regiment
  • Battalion:
    4th Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    11th April 1917
  • Age At Death:
    28
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Ecoivres Military Cemetery, Mont-St Eloi, France, Grave V. D. 28.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George and Fanny Evans, of Suckley, Worcestershire

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EVANS John Wilde Is Named On These Memorials

Suckley St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

Further Information About EVANS John Wilde

John Evans enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 28th December 1915 at Granton, Ontario. On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 2nd December 1888 at Suckley, Worcestershire, England, his address as RR No 2 Granton, Ontario, his next of kin as his mother, Mrs George Evans, New Cottage, Suckley, Worcestershire and his occupation as a farmer. He was 5 feet 8½ inches tall with brown eyes, black hair and a dark complexion.

John sailed from Halifax, Canada on the S.S. Olympic on 22nd August 1916 arriving in England on 30th August 1916. He proceeded overseas on 28th November 1916 and was killed in action on 11th April 1917.

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2948 – 3

A photograph of Private J.W. Evans of Suckley can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 7th July 1917, available at Worcestershire Archives. The same photograph can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 31st March 1917.

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