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Son of William James, and Sarah Agnes Evans, of Toronto, Ontario. Graduate of University of Toronto, 1915.
Digital gallery of Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
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Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
Lt Evans is commemorated on the St Marys Memorial at Town Hall on Queen Street East in St Marys, Ontario. His brother, AB John Clow Evans RNCVR died 29 December 1917 while serving on His Majesty's Trawler Sapper Herbert Bennett.
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Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
Torontonensis 1913 (University of Toronto Year Book), pg. 263. Caption: EXECUTIVE OF WESTERN CLUB 1912-13. W. L. Evans, President.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of Lt. W. L. Evans is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Affairs.
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Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; submitted by K. Parks, Alumni Affairs.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
Digital gallery of
Lieutenant William Laurence Evans
From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
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From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me
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Lt Evans is commemorated on the St Marys Memorial at Town Hall on Queen Street East in St Marys, Ontario. His brother, AB John Clow Evans RNCVR died 29 December 1917 while serving on His Majesty's Trawler Sapper Herbert Bennett.
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From the "University of Toronto / Roll of Service 1914-1918", published in 1921.
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Torontonensis 1913 (University of Toronto Year Book), pg. 263. Caption: EXECUTIVE OF WESTERN CLUB 1912-13. W. L. Evans, President.
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The Soldiers' Tower was built at University of Toronto between 1919-1924 in memory of those lost to the University in the Great War. The name of Lt. W. L. Evans is among the 628 names carved on the Memorial Screen, which can be seen at photo left. Photo: K. Parks, Alumni Affairs.
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Memorial Room, Soldiers' Tower, University of Toronto. Photo by David Pike, 2010; submitted by K. Parks, Alumni Affairs.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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Photo from the National Memorial Album of Canadian Heroes c.1919. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me.
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From the Toronto Telegram August 1916. Submitted for the project Operation Picture Me
In the Books of Remembrance
Commemorated on:
Page 571 of the First World War Book of Remembrance.
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PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY, MARICOURT, FRANCE Somme, France
Maricourt is a village approximately 11 kilometres east of Albert on the road to Peronne. The PERONNE ROAD CEMETERY is on the western outskirts of the village on the north side of the road to Albert.
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