CEF Soldier Detail

Staff Sergeant Herbert Harold Evans
Died: June 27, 1918

Regimental Number:
34408
Survived War:
 No
Force:
 Army
Regiment:
 Canadian Army Medical Corps
Battalion:
 Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship)
Company:
Place of Birth:
Wrexham, Denbighshire
Country:
 Wales
Next of Kin:
Address at Enlistment:
Date of Birth:
March 22, 1888
Trade or Calling:
Marital Status:
 Not Specified
Prior Military Experience:
Not Specified
Place of Enlistment:
Date of Enlistment:
Age at enlistment:
Height:
Chest:
Expansion:
Religion:
 Unknown
Enlisted or Conscripted:
 Not Specified
Saw service in:
Unknown    
Cause of Death:
Killed in Action
Battle Died/Wounded:
Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle torpedoed 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U86
Date of Death:
June 27, 1918
Age at Death:
30
Buried at:
 Halifax Memorial, Nova Scotia
Plot:
 Panel 2.
Commemorated:
 
Prisoner of war:
Not Specified
Interned:
Gender:
 Male
Ethnic Origin:
Caucasian
LAC Reference: RG 150, Accession 1992-93/166, Box 1Box r2945 - 54
Rank Regiment Unit Company
Staff Sergeant Canadian Army Medical Corps Llandovery Castle (Hospital Ship)
Son of John and Elizabeth Evans, of "Bryn Tirion", Bodfari, Denbigh, North Wales; Husband of Maysel Agnes Parry-Evans, of Prescott, Ontario.
The Hospital Ship Llandovery Castle, bound from Halifax, Nova Scotia, for Liverpool, was torpedoed on June 27th, 1918, 114 miles south-west of the Fastnet Rock by U-86. Despite regulation Red Cross lights, the ship was deliberatly torpedeod and most survivors, including 14 Nursing Sisters were machine gunned. The Llandovery Castle became the rallying cry for the Canadian troops during the Last 100 Days offensive.