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248814 L/Sgt. William Harold Evans British Army 23rd Btn. Welsh Regiment William Evans was born in 1895 at Llanfair, Montgomeryshire William joined 23rd Welch Regiment at Portcawl on the 1st of Nove,ner 1915 and was promoted to corporal on the 3rd of May 1916. He embarked from Devonport on the 13th of July 1916 and disembarked at Salonika on the 24th of August 1916. He contracted malaria and was in and out of various hospitals. He was appointed paid lance sergeant on the 1st of November 1918 but due to his malariam his classification y scheme was not available for a theatre of war where malaria is prevalant. He embarked for UK from Itea on the 12th of November 1918 and was posted to the Welsh Regiment depot and proceeded from Cardiff to dispersal centre for demobilization on 7th of Feb 1919. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please put first part of your email, (before the @ sign) in the first box, and the second part in the second box. Do not include @, it is automatic. Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**