Letter from Evan Jones to his brother

Item

Title

Letter from Evan Jones to his brother

Identifier

9448.cpd

Creator

Jones, Evan Richard

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.

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