British Army Veterinary Corps
Edward EVANS
Captain
Died 21 May 1918 · Aged 41
Record note: France-entry date note: the supplied facts give November 1916, while the biography gives September 1916. The exact month of embarkation remains to be established from his service or medal record.
His story
Captain Edward Evans MRCVS was born in Beddgelert on 26 February 1877, the son of William Evans and Mary Evans.
Edward was educated at Bala Grammar School and then trained as a veterinary surgeon at the Royal (Dick) Veterinary College Edinburgh qualifying MRCVS, before becoming Veterinary Inspector for Bala district and then a Veterinary inspector for Cerrigydruidion.
Edward was commissioned into the Army Veterinary Corps in July 1915 and was later promoted to Captain before being posted to the 5th divisional training group Larkhill. His health began to suffer towards the end of 1915, but he was passed fit enough to continue serving in the army before embarking for France in September 1916.
In April 1917, he was invalided out due to his ill health and treated at the 4th London General Hospital before being sent home on leave to recuperate. He returned to duty at the No.7 Reserve hospital in Ormskirk Merseyside, but his health continued to deteriorate, and on March 9, he was admitted to Croxteth Hall Military Hospital for officers. He died there of Bright’s Disease on the 21st of May 1918, age 41. His remains were brought to Llan Ffestiniog, and he was buried with full military honours.
Captain Evans’s death was reported in The Veterinary Record on 22 June 1918.
Photographs and documents
Before the war
- Nationality
- British
- Date of Birth
- 26 February 1877
- Place of Birth
- Beddgelert, Wales
- Veterinary College and Date of Graduation
- Edinburgh - December 1898
Military service
- Last Rank
- Captain
- Regiment/Service
- British Army Veterinary Corps
- First Theatre of War
- France November 1916
Medals and commemoration
- Name on RCVS Honour Board
- Yes
- Name In Officers who died in Great War
- Yes
Death and burial
- Date of Death
- 21 May 1918
- Age at Death
- 41
- Place of Death
- Croxteth Hall Military Hospital Liverpool, England
- Cause of Death
- Bright's Disease (Kidney Failure)
- Cemetery
- Llan Ffestiniog Cemetery
- Location
- Gwynedd, Wales
- Grave Reference
- 5.5.4/282
- Commonwealth War Grave
- Yes - Private Headstone
Sources and further reading
- CWGC casualty and commemoration record
- Find a Grave memorial
- The Veterinary Record, 22 June 1918 — cited in the earlier biography
Cite this biography
Graham Hodgkins and Pete Matthews, “Edward Evans”, Veterinary Virtual War Memorial, https://vetsremembered.org/people/edward_evans/.
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