Grace Evans (later Nott/Nott yn ddiweddarach)

Place of birth: Cymtydu

Service: Nurse, 1914 - 1918

Death: 1930-11-16, Johannesberg, Cause not known

Memorial: Plaque, St Tysilio, Cwmtydu, Cardiganshire

Notes: Died 'as the result of war services in East Africa during the Great War 1914 - 1918'

Sources: http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/ceredigion-war-memorials/

Reference: WaW0014

St Tysilio

Plaque commemorating Grace Evans, St Tylsilio Church, Cwmtydu

Janet Elizabeth Evans

Place of birth: Newtown

Service: Clerk, QMAAC

Death: May 1919, London, not known / anhysbys

Memorial: War memorial, Newtown, Montgomeryshire

Notes: Janet became a teacher but later left to join the Army Pay Corps in Chester. In the summer of 1918 she joined the clerical staff of the QMAAC and was stationed in London. Following a period of indifferent health she was admitted to a London military hospital in April 1919. She died a month later, aged 21.

Reference: WaW0016

Newtown War Memorial

Name of Janet Evans, QMAAC, on Newtown War Memorial

Margaret (Maggie) Mary Evans

Place of birth: Pwllheli ?

Service: Nurse, VAD, March 1914 – July 1918 / Maw

Death: 1918/07/20, RN Hospital, Plymouth, Ubknown / Anysbys

Memorial: War Memorial, Pwllheli, Caernarvonshire

Notes: Maggie Evans volunteered part-time for the VAD until 1917, when she was posted to the RC Hospital Porthmadoc, and then in 1918 to the Royal Naval Hospital, Plymouth where she died. A letter about Maggie’s death from Mildred Lloyd Hughes [qv] the Sister in charge was published in Yr Udgorn 7th August 1918 (in English).

Reference: WaW0176

Margaret (Maggie) Mary Evans

Maggie Evans in uniform

Welsh Book of Remembrance

Name of Miss Margaret M Evans with other nurses in the Welsh Book of Remembrance

Red Cross card

Red Cross record card for Margaret M Evans

Red Cross card (reverse)

Red Cross record card for Margaret M Evans (reverse)

Letter

Letter to Women’s Work Sub Committee, Imperial War Museum, from Maggie’s mother, August 1918

Letter

Second letter to Women’s Work Sub Committee, Imperial War Museum, from Maggie’s mother, April 1919

Letter

Letter to Women’s Work Sub Committee, Imperial War Museum, from C Hall, April 1919

Letter

A letter about Maggie’s death from the Sister in charge was published in Yr Udgorn 7th August 1918

Grave

Grave of Maggie Evans VAD, Pwllheli cemetery. Thanks to Wayne Bywater

Margaret Jane Evans

Place of birth: Treforest, Swansea ?

Service: Nurse, VAD

Memorial: Soar Chapel, Treforest, Swansea, Glamorgan

Notes: Margaret Evans nursed at the 3rd Western General Military Hospital in Cardiff. Her name appears on the Roll of Honour in Soar Chapel, Treforest.

Reference: WaW0170

Roll of Honour

Record of the war service of Nurse M J Evans on the Roll of Honour of Soar Chapel, Treforest

Red Cross record card

Red Cross card for Margaret Evans

Mary Evans

Place of birth: Meidrim

Service: Nurse, 1916 - 1918

Death: 1918-10-04, Edmonton Military Hospital, Influenza/Y Ffliw

Memorial: War Memorial, Abergwili, Carmarthen

Notes: aged 38, buried Abergwili Churchyard

Sources: http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/carmarthenshire-war-memorials/

Reference: WaW0012

Abergwili War Memorial

Name of Nurse Mary Evans on Abergwili War Memorial

Mary Evans

Place of birth: Trawsfynydd, 1890?

Service: Agricultural student

Notes: Mary Evans was the sister of the poet Hedd Wyn, Ellis Humphrey Evans. She was studying at Madryn Agricultural College, near Pwllheli. This letter, written in Autumn 1917, asks for money, talks about her life, and expresses hiraeth for her late brother.

Reference: WaW0097

Mary Evans letter 1

Letter from Mary Evans to her parents 1

Mary Evans letter 2

Letter from Mary Evans to her parents 2

Mary Evans letter 3

Letter from Mary Evans to her parents 3

Mary Evans letter English

Translation of Mary Evans's letter into English

Mary Evans

Place of birth: Swansea ?

Service: Masseuse, VAD, 1914 - 1918

Notes: Mary Evans was a professional masseuse who volunteered for the VAD in four Red Cross Hospitals. Her health broke down in 1918, and she herself was admitted to hospital. Her practice was taken over by Mr and Mrs Walton in 1919.

Reference: WaW0418

Red Cross record card

Record card for Mary Evans

Red Cross record card [reverse]

Record card for Mary Evans giving details of her VAD service

Newspaper advertisement

Notice of the Waltons taking over Miss Evans’s practice. Cambria Daily Leader 23rd December 1919

Roll of Honour

Miss May Evans’s name on the Roll of Honour Henrietta Street Chapel, Swansea. Thanks to Gethin Matthews.

Mary Ann Evans

Place of birth: Ebbw Vale

Service: Assistant cook, QMAAC

Death: 1919/03/23, Percy House Auxiliary Military Hospital, Isleworth, Middlesex, Influenza ? / Fliw ?

Notes: According to the 1911 census, Mary Ann probably came from a Welsh speaking family. Her father was a colliery foreman. She was working in Middlesex when she died, probably of influenza. Her name has recently been recorded on a commemorative headstone at Risca cemetery.

Sources: http://firstworldwar.gwentheritage.org.uk/content/catalogue_item/mary-ann-evans

Reference: WaW0283

Commemorative headstone

Headstone commemorating Mary Ann Evans, Risca cemetery.

Grave record

Grave record of Mary Ann Evans

Mary Olwen Evans

Place of birth: Llangadog, April 1896

Service: Assistant (Cook) : , QMAAC

Death: 1919-03-23, Influenza?/Y Ffliw?

Notes: aged 20, buried Ebbw Vale

Sources: http://www.wwwmp.co.uk/carmarthenshire-war-memorials/

Reference: WaW0013

Phyllis Marguerite Evans

Place of birth: Llanelli

Service: Nurse, VAD, January 1915 - February 1919 /

Notes: Phyllis worked first as an orderly, then as a nurse, at Parc Howard Red Cross Hospital, Llanelli. She was awarded the Royal Red Cross in February 1918.

Reference: WaW0271

Red Cross record card

Red Cross record for Phyllis Evans

Red Cross record card (reverse)

Red Cross record for Phyllis Evans (reverse)

Newspaper report

Report of Phyllis Evans’s award of the Royal Red Cross. Llanelly Star 23rd February 1918.