Frederick William Evans - Welsh Regiment, 13th (Service) Battalion (2nd Rhondda)
Second Lieutenant Frederick William Evans - Welsh Regiment, 13th (Service) Battalion (2nd Rhondda)
Birth and Family Background
Frederick William Evans was born in 1895 in Swansea.
He was the son of Frederick Ernest Evans and Mary Price.
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| 1901 Census |
At the time of the 1901 Census, the family were residing at 20 Brynmor Crescent, Swansea. Hereford-born Frederick Ernest Evans (41) was employed as a millinery buyer, and his Brecon-born wife Mary (38) managed the household. Their children were Walter (11), Annie A. (9), and Frederick W. (6).
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| 1911 Census |
The family remained at the same address for the 1911 Census. Frederick Ernest (50) was then described as a millinery traveller, and Mary (48) remained at home. The children recorded were Walter Ernest (21), an electrical engineer; Annie Adeline (19); Frederick William (16), an electrical apprentice; and Wilfred James (5).
Military Service and Death
Frederick was commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in
the Welsh Regiment, 13th (Service) Battalion (2nd Rhondda).
In October 1918, during the closing stages of the Hundred
Days Offensive, the battalion was advancing through the Ypres–Courtrai
sector of Flanders as German forces withdrew toward the Belgian frontier.
Despite the approaching end of the war, resistance remained fierce. The 13th
Welsh took part in attacks against entrenched rearguard positions, overcoming
machine-gun nests and enduring defensive artillery fire while consolidating
newly captured ground. The terrain, long devastated by earlier battles, was
broken and waterlogged, making movement hazardous and increasing exposure to
enemy fire. It was during these final offensive operations that Frederick was
wounded. He subsequently died of his wounds on 28th October 1918,
only weeks before the Armistice.
Burial
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| Frederick William Evans Lijssenthoek Military Cemetery, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium credit - findagrave |
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