Evans, CE
(1882 - 1918)
Key Facts
DATE OF BIRTH:
29th January 1882
YEARS ATTENDED THE COLLEGE:
1895 - 1899
HOME ADDRESS WHEN AT THE COLLEGE:
Glenarm, Longton Avenue, Sydenham
REGIMENT
Royal Engineers
FINAL RANK:
Major
DATE OF DEATH:
6th August 1918
AGE AT DEATH:
36
WHERE HE DIED (or was wounded)
Somme(?)
LOCATION OF GRAVE OR MEMORIAL:
Sandpits British Cemetery, Fouquereuil. III H 6
Major Charles Edward Evans
Born on January 29th 1882, Charles was the son of Edward Evans, a Major in the Army, and his wife, Emily. He attended the Prep before coming to the College not long before his 13th birthday, making him the eldest of three Evans boys to become Alleynians, with his younger brothers, William and George, subsequently both also coming to Dulwich. After leaving he took a place at the Royal Military Academy in Woolwich, passing out near the top of his class, and, in February 1901, being given a commission in the Royal Engineers. Three years later he was promoted to Lieutenant, and in 1910 was made Adjutant of the Devonshire Fortress Engineers, based in Plymouth. The next year, 1911, was to be a significant one, as not only did he successfully qualify as a German interpreter, but was also promoted to Captain, and as a result reassigned to Hong Kong.
Charles was still serving in Hong Kong when war was declared, and remained in the Orient until the end of 1915, at which point he was recalled to England. He went over to France for the first time in the spring of 1916 and served with distinction during many of the battles of the next two years, including that on the Somme. On August 6th 1918, by now holding the rank of Major, he was killed by a German shell. He was survived by his widow and their one son.
