252421 Pte. Arthur Evans British Army 2nd Battalion Royal Fusiliers from:Newcastle Under Lyme (d.1st July 1916) My Grandfather, Arthur Evans, was killed on the first day of the Battle of the Somme. My Grandmother was expecting my father at the time, he was killed before he had the chance to see him. She called my father Arthur Evans in memory of his father. Over the years my father never mentioned him and didn't know where he was buried. He he got to the ripe old age of 80years when my brother in law contacted the War Graves Commission out of interest to see if any information was available. In the following months we had all the information needed. At the time my father's health had deteriorated but we managed to get him to the Somme to see his own father's grave. A very emotional time for all concerned sadly it was to be one of the last things he did before he died.
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