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Pte. Evan Robert Sadler
British Army 2nd Btn. Welsh Regiment
from:Edmondstown, Llantrisant
(d.28th Oct 1914)
In October 1914, Evan's regiment was entrenched in the area of Ypres in Belgium at Gheluvelt. On the 27th October 1914 some members of the regiment found two gondolas in a lake nearby and decided to have a race in them across the lake, whereby they were bombarded by the Germans. The following day the Germans attacked the lines of the Welsh Regiment. This attack was repelled and the Welshmen counter-attacked. 514 men were killed.
Evan Sadler died from his wounds on the following day 28th October 1914.
He is buried at Ypres Cemetery Extension. He left a wife and a daughter who was born 2 months after his death.
His name is recorded on De Ruvigny's Roll of Honour 1914-1924.
I have no knowledge of the whereabouts of a photo of him, but would like to trace one. Evan would be a cousin of mine.