Evans, Caradoc

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Caradoc Evans

267970, Corporal, 23rd Royal Welsh Fusiliers (Territorial Force) attached 53rd Cheshire Regiment
Died of illness, 30 June 1918, aged 19
Buried at Great Orme’s Head Cemetery

CWGC registered (Youngest son of Ellen Evans, of 9, Charlton St, Llandudno, and the late John Evans)

IN THE MIDST OF LIFE WE ARE IN DEATH

Caradoc Evans, born on 13 December 1898, was the son of John and Ellen Evans. The Census of Wales for 1901 records the family living at 25 Madoc Street, Llandudno; John Evans (33) was employed as a stonemason. Caradoc was recorded as having four siblings, three elder and one younger. Later that year, Caradoc attended Lloyd Street School and in 1911 obtained a scholarship to John Bright County Grammar School, his address being 2 Leonard Terrace, Charlton Street, Llandudno where his widowed mother was a boarding/lodging house keeper. Before the war, he was employed by Mr Smith, dyer and cleaner, of Mostyn Street.

On 5 February 1915, Caradoc Evans joined the army. He claimed to be employed as a messenger aged 19. His actual age was 16 and two months. Joining at Llandudno, he was allocated to the 17th (Service) Battalion (2nd North Wales) Royal Welsh Fusiliers that was forming at the time, becoming part of the 113th Brigade, 38th (Welsh) Division. His regimental number was 25148. In spite of his youth, Caradoc was appointed lance corporal on 17 May 1915. The battalion moved Winchester in August 1915 and disembarked in France in December 1915. At a location and a date unknown, Caradoc Evans received a bullet injury to the radial nerve in his left forearm and he was evacuated to England, being admitted to hospital on 8 September 1916. When he had recovered, he was posted to the 2/6th RWF, a second line unit of the Territorial Force, on 23 November 1916. The battalion had just moved to Southwold and Caradoc had a new regimental number of 5850 which was changed in 1917 to 267970. On 21 July 1917, he was posted to the 23rd Battalion RWF (TF) which carried out home defence duties in Norfolk. He was promoted to acting corporal on 23 December 1917. On a date unknown, Caradoc Evans was attached to the 53rd (Young Soldier) Battalion of the Cheshire Regiment at Kinmel Park, Rhyl. Whilst he was at Kinmel Park, he contracted appendicitis and died of peritonitis on 30 June 1918. His body was returned to Llandudno and he was buried at the Great Orme’s Head Cemetery.

Known memorials:

  • Llandudno Roll of Honour
  • Llandudno War Memorial
  • Memorial Chapel, Holy Trinity Church, Llandudno
  • Tabernacl Welsh Baptist Chapel, Llandudno

Note.
Although Caradoc Evans obtained a scholarship to attend John Bright School in 1911, he is not commemorated upon the school’s roll of honour.

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