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Arthur Edward Evans
16068, Corporal, 13th Royal Welsh Fusiliers
Killed in action, 10 July 1916, aged 26
Buried at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France
CWGC registered (no family details)
Arthur Edward Evans’ name appears on neither the Llandudno Roll of Honour nor the Llandudno War Memorial. Because it does appear on the marble tablets in the Memorial Chapel of Holy Trinity Church, which was the last of the memorials to be completed, it suggests a late death of circa 1922. However, evidence indicates that Arthur Edward Evans is the same Arthur E Evans as listed on the Deganwy War Memorial, the brother of Mrs Emma Melley of “Belle Vue”, Station Road, Deganwy. (Emma Martha Evans had married Phillip Mortimer Melley circa 1901). It would appear that the omission from both the Llandudno Roll of Honour and the Llandudno War Memorial were noted and Arthur’s name was included on the marble tablets in the Memorial Chapel. It would therefore appear that Arthur Edward Evans’ name was unintentionally excluded from the Llandudno War Memorial.
Arthur Edward Evans, the Son of George Frederick Evans and his wife, Emma Evans (née Podmore), was born in Llandudno on 28 July 1889. George Frederick Evans was a jeweller from Birmingham and he and his family had moved to Llandudno circa 1888. The Census of Wales for 1891 records the family living at 1 Min-y-don Cottages, Abbey Road, Llandudno. Arthur (1) was recorded as having four older siblings: Emma Martha (18), William F (17), Clair (9) and Alice A (7). Arthur originally attended Lloyd Street School but transferred to St. George’s National School in 1897. He left school in 1903. George Evans died early in 1911 and the Census for that year records that Arthur and his mother Emma were living at 1 Penmorfa; Arthur worked as a shop assistant for a greengrocer.
In October 1914, Arthur Evans joined the Royal Welsh Fusiliers at Conwy. He gave his place of birth as Llandudno but his home as at Deganwy. Given the regimental number of 16068, he was posted to the 13th (Service) Battalion. The 13th RWF, had been formed at Rhyl on 3 September 1914 by the Denbigh and Flint Territorial Force Association but was transferred to the Welsh National Executive Committee on 10 October 1914 as part as the short-lived “Welsh Army”, moving to Llandudno. In August 1915, the 13th RWF, now under the orders of the 113th Brigade of the 38th (Welsh) Division moved to Winchester for final training. Arthur and his battalion disembarked in France on 1 December 1915.
Corporal Arthur Edward Evans was killed in action on 11 August 1916 aged 26 when the 38th (Welsh) Division attacked Mametz Wood during the Battle of the Somme. He was buried near where he fell but was later reinterred at Caterpillar Valley Cemetery, Longueval, France.
Known memorials:
- Memorial Chapel, Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno
- Deganwy War Memorial, All Saint’s Church, Deganwy
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