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Pte. Percy James Evans

British Army 5th Btn. D Coy. South Wales Borderers

from:Putley, Herefordshire

(d.30th July 1916)

Percy Evans was the fifth son of 13 children to George and Fanny Evans of the Black House, Putley, Herefordshire. Four of the Evans boys enlisted for service in WW1. Percy enlisted to the South Wales Borderers at Pontypool and served in D company, 5th Battalion

He Went to France on 1st of July 1916 and was killed in action on 30th July 1916 aged 19, whilst the Battalion was under the orders of the 57th Infantry Brigade, in the area of Bazentin-le-Petit wood and Mamtez Wood. Percy has no known grave and is remembered on the Thiepval Memorial.



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