EVANS Samuel Guy

  • First Name(s):
    Samuel 
    Guy 
  • Surname:
    EVANS
  • Service Number:
    A2504
  • Rank:

    Private

  • Conflict:
    WW1
  • Service:
    Army
  • Army Sector:
    Infantry
  • Corps:
    Canadian Expeditionary Force
  • Regiment:
    Ontario Regiment
  • Battalion:
    1st Battalion
  • Former Units:
    None
  • Date of Death:
    31st August 1916
  • Age At Death:
    25
  • Place of Death:
    Unknown
  • Place of Burial:
    Sunken Road Cemetery, Contalmaison, France, Grave I. C. 24.
  • Place of Birth:
    Unknown
  • Home Town:
    Unknown
  • Casualty's Relatives:

    Son of George and Fanny Evans, late of Suckley, Worcestershire, England

Remember The Fallen - Lest We Forget

EVANS Samuel Guy Is Named On These Memorials

Suckley St John the Baptist Church WW1 Memorial

Further Information About EVANS Samuel Guy

Samuel Evans enlisted in the Canadian Overseas Expeditionary Force on 15th January 1915 at Stratford, Ontario. On his attestation form he gave his date of birth as 5th November 1890 at Suckley, Worcestershire, England, his next of kin as his father, New Cottage, Suckley, Worcestershire and his occupation as a farmer. He was 5 feet 10½ inches tall with hazel eyes, dark brown hair and a medium complexion.

Samuel was posted overseas from England to join the 1st Battalion Canadian Infantry on 3rd August 1915. In October 1915 he was admitted to hospital in Etaples, France suffering from Pleurisy with further admissions to medical facilities for various wounds. Samuel was killed in action on 31st August 1916

National Archives of Canada Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 2951 – 16

A photograph of Private S. Evans of Suckley can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 21st October 1916, available at Worcestershire Archives. The same photograph can be found in Berrow’s Worcester Journal Supplement, Saturday 31st March 1917.

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