Evans, James Henry
Regiment: Scots Guards
Rank: Lance Corporal
Service No: 1619
Boer War service: 23 May 1900 to 21 Jul 1902
Date of enlistment: 8 Sept 1897
Date of discharge: 7 Sept 1909
Reason for discharge: Termination of Engagement
Other information: James re-enlisted in October 1909 for four years and again in August 1914. He served in the Scots Guards throughout WW1, spending most of the time as a German prisoner of war. More information regarding his WW1 service can be found on our Great War site.
Born: 6 April 1878 in Hollyhurst, near Whitchurch, Shropshire and baptised on 26 May the same year in St. Michael’s Parish Church, Marbury, Cheshire.
Family: He was the second of eight children born to Stephen Charles Evans, a rural postman, and his wife Sarah Harriet. He married Cissie Gaughan in November 1918 in Liverpool; no children can be traced for the marriage.
Residence: In 1881 he lived at Combermere Lodge, Whitchurch with his parents and siblings; by 1891 they had moved to St. John’s Street, Whitchurch. By 1901 the family had moved to 14 Brownlow Street, Whitchurch but James was serving with the Scots Guards in South Africa.
Employment: He was a postman when he joined the army in 1897; records show he was employed by London and North Western Railway in 1902.
Death: In 1937 at Bicton Mental Hospital, Shrewsbury, aged 59 and was buried on 24 May the same year in Whitchurch cemetery.
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