Letter from Evan Jones to his brother
Item
Title
Letter from Evan Jones to his brother
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Identifier
9448.cpd
Creator
Jones, Evan Richard
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Subject
Jones, John Price
Abstract
His last letter home. Although the letter is now kept in a green Active Service envelope, the envelope bears a postmark of 1918 and was printed in September 1917, so presumably was supplied later by John Evans, the addressee.
Trooper 1526 Evan Richard Jones, Household Battalion, was killed in action 3rd May 1917 aged 29. The son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones, of "Gwyndy" 1, Hawarden Rd., Colwyn Bay, he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Trooper 1526 Evan Richard Jones, Household Battalion, was killed in action 3rd May 1917 aged 29. The son of Thomas and Elizabeth Jones, of "Gwyndy" 1, Hawarden Rd., Colwyn Bay, he is commemorated on the Arras Memorial.
Date
29th April 1917
Date Created
1917-04-29
Source
Leaf
Medium
Paper
Type
Letter
number of pages
3
Contributor
Richard Marshall
Richard Marshall (Caernarfon Submission Day 8th May 2008)
Lorraine Jones
Publisher
The Great War Archive, University of Oxford