Canadian Virtual War Memorial
Samuel Evans
In memory of:
Private Samuel Evans
October 8, 1916
Military Service
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Army
Canadian Infantry (Central Ontario Regiment)
4th Bn.
Additional Information
June 24, 1890
Son of Albert Edwin Evans and the late Bertha Evans, of 350, Bellshill Road. Motherwell, Lanarkshire.
Commemorated on Page 83 of the First World War Book of Remembrance. Request a copy of this page. Download high resolution copy of this page.
Burial Information
LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION
Somme, France
4.C.7.
Longueval is a village 40 kilometres north-east of Amiens and 12 kilometres east-north-east of Albert, a town on the D929 road from Amiens to Bapaume and Cambrai. From the D929 direction Bapaume-Albert take the 2nd turning for Martinpuich and continue along the D6 direction Longueval, for 2 kilometres. LONDON CEMETERY AND EXTENSION sits on the right hand side of the road.
Information courtesy of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
Digital Collection
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Photo of Samuel Evans -
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Photo of SAMUEL EVANS – From the Toronto Star. Submitted for the project, Operation: Picture Me -
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Newspaper Clipping -
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Grave Marker – Courtesy Wilf Schofield, England -
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Inscription – His name as it is inscribed on the Vimy Memorial (2010). Over 11,000 fallen Canadians having no known place of burial in France, are honoured on this Memorial. May they never be forgotten. He was later found in 1937 and buried at London Cemetery and Extension (J. Stephens) -
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Vimy Memorial – Canada's Vimy Memorial, located approximately 8 kilometres to the north-east of Arras, France. May the sacrifice of so many never be forgotten. (J. Stephens)
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