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William Evans
British Army King's Liverpool Regiment
from:Liverpool
William Evans enlisted on 19th January 1916 and followed his elder brother Sgt Robert Evans MM (who was killed in October 1918) into The King's Liverpool Regiment. William was mobilised on 2nd of August 1916 and sent to France. At the beginning of July 1917, he suffered a shrapnel wound to the head. A nurse in the casualty clearing station wrote to let his parents know that he was very ill. He had a metal plate inserted in his skull and was discharged as being no longer physically fit for war service on 19th of October 1917. He was sent to Boscombe Military Hospital to recuperate. William's total service was 1 year 96 days, 247 days were served in France.William married May Hearn on 29th September 1934. He had a successful career in the Civil Service working in the Passport Office and then Customs Office in Liverpool. After the war he transferred to the then Ministry of Food and moved to Guildford. He never spoke about his experiences during WW1 except to show my sister Pauline and myself, as children, the ‘dent’ in his head.
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